Crime Rates at East Street, Littlehampton, BN17 6AW

East Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beach , and the 70th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Arun .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around East Street (BN17 6AW) in the last 12 months was 145.4 per 1,000 residents and was 162.5% higher than the Beach average (55.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 52.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Street (BN17 6AW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 199 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.