Total Crime Rate

141.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 141.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 20.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.3 9/10
  • Other theft 13.8 9/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

The Twitten area has the 7th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Eastbrook , and the 21st highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Adur .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Twitten (BN42 4DB) in the last 12 months was 141.9 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% higher than the Eastbrook average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 38.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Twitten (BN42 4DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Butts Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Twitten area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Spring Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croft Avenue —
Sep 2025Other theft Whiterock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Southdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Southwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glebe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2167 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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