Crime Rates at East Street, Littlehampton, BN17 6AN

East Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beach , and the 209th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around East Street (BN17 6AN) in the last 12 months was 68.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% higher than the Beach average (61.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -73.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Street (BN17 6AN), the main crime hotspot is near Paterson Wilson Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.