Postcode · Lancing
Crime in BN15 9TH
How much crime is recorded in BN15 9TH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cokeham & Sompting
- Council
- Adur
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,572 (2024)
BN15 9THLancing
How safe is BN15 9TH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN15 9TH 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
17.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
45
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 9THNational
Violence and sexual offences14.623.6
Anti-social behaviour13.010.7
Public order4.14.6
Criminal damage and arson4.04.7
Drugs2.82.4
Other theft2.04.5
Possession of weapons1.60.9
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Other crime0.71.5
Robbery0.41.4
Shoplifting0.48.4
Vehicle crime0.33.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 11% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.