Total Crime Rate

81.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 81.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Seaford Way area has the 13th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Marine , and the 53rd 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 Seaford Way (BN43 5PT) in the last 12 months was 81.9 per 1,000 residents and was 63.2% higher than the Marine average (50.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 119.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Seaford Way (BN43 5PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hancock Way (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Seaford Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Hancock Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harbour Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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