Total Crime Rate
9.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Seaside Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Churchill , and the 16th lowest crime rate of 209 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 Seaside Close (BN15 8BZ) in the last 12 months was 9.6 per 1,000 residents and was 89.9% lower than the Churchill average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Seaside Close (BN15 8BZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Links Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Freshbrook Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Churchill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Salts Farm Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Links Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Links Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Links Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brighton Road | — |
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