Postcode · Lancing
Crime in BN15 0BB
How much crime is recorded in BN15 0BB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cokeham & Sompting
- Council
- Adur
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,274 (2024)
BN15 0BBLancing
How safe is BN15 0BB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 14.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN15 0BB area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
14.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
28
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
BN15 0BBNational
Violence and sexual offences11.523.6
Anti-social behaviour8.510.7
Burglary5.89.1
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Other theft1.64.5
Criminal damage and arson1.24.7
Other crime1.01.5
Public order0.54.6
Drugs0.42.4
Shoplifting0.18.4
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 33% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.