Total Crime Rate
12.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Southdean Close area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Felpham East , and the 66th lowest crime rate of 530 local areas in Arun .
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 Southdean Close (PO22 7TH) in the last 12 months was 12.4 per 1,000 residents and was 65.3% lower than the Felpham East average (35.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Southdean Close (PO22 7TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crossways, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farm Corner (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Middleton-on-Sea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elmer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crossways | — |
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