Crime Rate in St Nicolas, ward

St Nicolas has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 14 wards in Adur district and the 1661st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 284th lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Nicolas in the last 12 months was 40.5 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% lower than the Adur district average (75.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Nicolas’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Nicolas ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Queen'S Place, with 25 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Buckingham Street (17 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.