Total Crime Rate
885.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
294.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beach Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beach , and the 4th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Arun .
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 Beach Road (BN17 5HY) in the last 12 months was 885.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1499.8% higher than the Beach average (55.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 95 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 85 (≈ 294.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beach Road (BN17 5HY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 242 crimes here, including 81 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Market Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goda Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bayford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bayford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goda Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goda Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Goda Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goda Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Market Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pier Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchor Springs | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Catherine'S Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Old Market Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Old Market Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Market Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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