Postcode · Lancing
Crime in BN15 8EB
How much crime is recorded in BN15 8EB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Marsh Barn & Widewater
- Council
- Adur
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,300 (2024)
BN15 8EBLancing
How safe is BN15 8EB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN15 8EB area, well below 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
16.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
41
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 8EBNational
Violence and sexual offences15.123.6
Anti-social behaviour12.510.7
Public order2.94.6
Other theft2.54.5
Other crime2.21.5
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Burglary1.59.1
Drugs1.22.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.62.1
Bicycle theft0.61.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.