Total Crime Rate

521.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 521.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 306.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 43.8 10/10
  • Public order 35.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.0 6/10
  • Robbery 12.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.0 8/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sompting Road area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Churchill , and the 4th highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Adur .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sompting Road (BN15 9HW) in the last 12 months was 521.9 per 1,000 residents and was 452.8% higher than the Churchill average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 77 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 413.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 127.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sompting Road (BN15 9HW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 131 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sompting Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Annweir Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosecroft Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sompting Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sompting Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Meadow Lane —
Sep 2025Public order Yew Tree Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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