Crime Rate in Yapton, ward

Yapton has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Arun district and the 1576th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 183rd highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Yapton in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.3% higher than the Arun district average (89.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Yapton’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 224 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 162.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 284 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Yapton ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Nelson Row, with 66 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Cobham Close (17 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.