Crime Rates at South Street, Lancing, BN15 8AG

South Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Churchill , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 206 local areas in Adur .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around South Street (BN15 8AG) in the last 12 months was 132.0 per 1,000 residents and was 52.0% higher than the Churchill average (86.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 68.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Street (BN15 8AG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 237 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.