Total Crime Rate

294.9 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 294.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 124.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 36.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.7 10/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Western Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beach , and the 21st highest crime rate of 532 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 Western Road (BN17 5PH) in the last 12 months was 294.9 per 1,000 residents and was 379.6% higher than the Beach average (61.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 78.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Western Road (BN17 5PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Western Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Western Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Passage —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Augustine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B2140 —
Sep 2025Drugs Norfolk Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Norfolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Augustine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Augustine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Cloisters Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Cloisters Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Augustine Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Reef Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reef Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Western Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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