Total Crime Rate

478.5 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 478.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 277.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.9 6/10
  • Other theft 19.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.1 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.4 10/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Cardigan Villas area has the highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Eastbrook , and the 5th highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Adur .

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 Cardigan Villas (BN42 4GG) in the last 12 months was 478.5 per 1,000 residents and was 533.9% higher than the Eastbrook average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 57.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cardigan Villas (BN42 4GG), 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 Cardigan Villas area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Spring Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sandown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croft Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2167 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Southwick Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sandown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glebe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Southdown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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