Postcode · Lancing
Crime in BN15 9SD
How much crime is recorded in BN15 9SD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cokeham & Sompting
- Council
- Adur
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,464 (2024)
How safe is BN15 9SD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 33.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN15 9SD area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
33.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
69
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 9SDNational
Violence and sexual offences29.623.6
Anti-social behaviour14.110.7
Shoplifting7.88.4
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Public order3.44.6
Burglary3.09.1
Drugs2.62.4
Possession of weapons1.30.9
Other crime1.21.5
Other theft1.24.5
Vehicle crime1.03.5
Robbery1.01.4
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.