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Recorded crime: Sussex Police 12 months to June 2026
93.6recorded offences per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 165,437 offences in the Sussex Police area in the 12 months to June 2026, up 2.5% (4,063) on the previous 12 months. That is 93.6 per 1,000 residents against 97.4 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk street-level crime archive force population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 1,767,265 Since 2011 Recorded offences per 1,000 residents: Year to June 2012 to Year to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 50 100 2015 2020 2025 Year to June 2012: 104.9 per 1,000 residents · 170,207 offences · population mid-2012 Year to June 2013: 89.4 per 1,000 residents · 146,005 offences · population mid-2013 Year to June 2014: 83.7 per 1,000 residents · 137,895 offences · population mid-2014 Year to June 2015: 84.4 per 1,000 residents · 140,191 offences · population mid-2015 Year to June 2016: 82.6 per 1,000 residents · 138,324 offences · population mid-2016 Year to June 2017: 87.8 per 1,000 residents · 147,807 offences · population mid-2017 Year to June 2018: 87.1 per 1,000 residents · 147,404 offences · population mid-2018 Year to June 2019: 87.3 per 1,000 residents · 148,102 offences · population mid-2019 Year to June 2020: 95.1 per 1,000 residents · 161,488 offences · population mid-2020 Year to June 2021: 94.9 per 1,000 residents · 162,114 offences · population mid-2021 Year to June 2022: 85.9 per 1,000 residents · 147,980 offences · population mid-2022 Year to June 2023: 86.2 per 1,000 residents · 150,324 offences · population mid-2023 Year to June 2024: 92.7 per 1,000 residents · 163,176 offences · population mid-2024 Year to June 2025: 91.3 per 1,000 residents · 161,374 offences · population mid-2025 Year to June 2026: 93.6 per 1,000 residents · 165,437 offences · population mid-2025
Each year to June, complete years only. Areas are today's boundaries throughout. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Monthly trend Monthly recorded crime: December 2010 to June 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 5k 10k 15k 2010 2015 2020 2025 December 2010: 12,988 offences January 2011: 11,303 offences February 2011: 13,694 offences March 2011: 15,670 offences April 2011: 16,211 offences May 2011: 16,128 offences June 2011: 17,378 offences July 2011: 18,606 offences August 2011: 18,106 offences September 2011: 14,335 offences October 2011: 14,867 offences November 2011: 13,366 offences December 2011: 12,490 offences January 2012: 13,245 offences February 2012: 11,739 offences March 2012: 14,194 offences April 2012: 12,243 offences May 2012: 13,743 offences June 2012: 13,273 offences July 2012: 14,325 offences August 2012: 14,815 offences September 2012: 13,257 offences October 2012: 13,034 offences November 2012: 12,308 offences December 2012: 10,625 offences January 2013: 11,264 offences February 2013: 10,530 offences March 2013: 11,670 offences April 2013: 11,561 offences May 2013: 11,163 offences June 2013: 11,453 offences July 2013: 13,770 offences August 2013: 13,377 offences September 2013: 11,345 offences October 2013: 11,608 offences November 2013: 11,454 offences December 2013: 10,012 offences January 2014: 10,355 offences February 2014: 9,133 offences March 2014: 10,888 offences April 2014: 11,679 offences May 2014: 11,554 offences June 2014: 12,720 offences July 2014: 13,178 offences August 2014: 12,745 offences September 2014: 13,061 offences October 2014: 12,501 offences November 2014: 11,360 offences December 2014: 10,079 offences January 2015: 10,248 offences February 2015: 9,689 offences March 2015: 11,461 offences April 2015: 11,135 offences May 2015: 11,990 offences June 2015: 12,744 offences July 2015: 12,980 offences August 2015: 12,910 offences September 2015: 11,456 offences October 2015: 11,896 offences November 2015: 10,924 offences December 2015: 10,829 offences January 2016: 10,251 offences February 2016: 10,147 offences March 2016: 10,995 offences April 2016: 11,193 offences May 2016: 12,422 offences June 2016: 12,321 offences July 2016: 13,298 offences August 2016: 12,739 offences September 2016: 12,436 offences October 2016: 12,492 offences November 2016: 11,085 offences December 2016: 11,164 offences January 2017: 10,911 offences February 2017: 10,532 offences March 2017: 13,030 offences April 2017: 12,959 offences May 2017: 13,114 offences June 2017: 14,047 offences July 2017: 14,266 offences August 2017: 13,982 offences September 2017: 12,624 offences October 2017: 12,983 offences November 2017: 11,549 offences December 2017: 11,104 offences January 2018: 11,207 offences February 2018: 10,100 offences March 2018: 11,412 offences April 2018: 12,240 offences May 2018: 12,844 offences June 2018: 13,093 offences July 2018: 13,555 offences August 2018: 13,387 offences September 2018: 12,164 offences October 2018: 12,326 offences November 2018: 12,121 offences December 2018: 11,151 offences January 2019: 11,404 offences February 2019: 10,489 offences March 2019: 12,632 offences April 2019: 12,437 offences May 2019: 13,116 offences June 2019: 13,320 offences July 2019: 15,624 offences August 2019: 14,723 offences September 2019: 13,571 offences October 2019: 13,363 offences November 2019: 13,033 offences December 2019: 12,175 offences January 2020: 12,487 offences February 2020: 12,127 offences March 2020: 12,097 offences April 2020: 13,627 offences May 2020: 14,521 offences June 2020: 14,140 offences July 2020: 14,869 offences August 2020: 15,256 offences September 2020: 13,702 offences October 2020: 13,010 offences November 2020: 12,770 offences December 2020: 12,244 offences January 2021: 12,737 offences February 2021: 11,992 offences March 2021: 14,146 offences April 2021: 13,590 offences May 2021: 13,431 offences June 2021: 14,367 offences July 2021: 13,997 offences August 2021: 13,340 offences September 2021: 13,266 offences October 2021: 13,058 offences November 2021: 12,815 offences December 2021: 10,809 offences January 2022: 11,662 offences February 2022: 10,240 offences March 2022: 12,015 offences April 2022: 11,682 offences May 2022: 12,435 offences June 2022: 12,661 offences July 2022: 13,632 offences August 2022: 13,587 offences September 2022: 12,389 offences October 2022: 13,640 offences November 2022: 12,186 offences December 2022: 10,418 offences January 2023: 11,899 offences February 2023: 11,431 offences March 2023: 12,503 offences April 2023: 12,538 offences May 2023: 13,610 offences June 2023: 12,491 offences July 2023: 16,948 offences August 2023: 14,813 offences September 2023: 14,005 offences October 2023: 13,820 offences November 2023: 12,747 offences December 2023: 11,605 offences January 2024: 12,306 offences February 2024: 11,568 offences March 2024: 13,400 offences April 2024: 13,530 offences May 2024: 14,499 offences June 2024: 13,935 offences July 2024: 14,818 offences August 2024: 14,404 offences September 2024: 12,947 offences October 2024: 13,449 offences November 2024: 12,626 offences December 2024: 11,749 offences January 2025: 12,027 offences February 2025: 12,036 offences March 2025: 14,109 offences April 2025: 13,909 offences May 2025: 14,749 offences June 2025: 14,551 offences July 2025: 15,464 offences August 2025: 14,410 offences September 2025: 13,151 offences October 2025: 13,606 offences November 2025: 12,662 offences December 2025: 12,008 offences January 2026: 12,081 offences February 2026: 12,127 offences March 2026: 14,229 offences April 2026: 14,411 offences May 2026: 15,886 offences June 2026: 15,402 offences
Monthly recorded offences, all categories except anti-social behaviour Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Official figures for this area Published in the official force-area tables. These are the figures to cite; archive-based numbers above are built from street-level records and may differ.
Series Latest A year earlier Published Arrests for notifiable offences Year ending March 2025 · arrests 992 — 2026-08-19 Homicides (Homicide Index) Year ending March 2025 · offences 8 8 Year ending March 2025 Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument Year ending March 2026 · offences 891 1,043 Year ending March 2026 Police officers (full-time equivalent) Year ending March 2026 · officers (FTE) 3,260 3,206 As at 31 March 2026 Police officers per 100,000 population Year ending March 2026 · officers per 100,000 population 185 — As at 31 March 2026 Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 11,557 12,611 Year ending March 2026 Drug offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 5,077 4,631 Year ending March 2026 Possession of weapons (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 2,487 2,541 Year ending March 2026 Public order offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 12,411 12,477 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences per 1,000 population 74.0 — Year ending March 2026 Robbery (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 1,902 1,195 Year ending March 2026 Sexual offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 5,882 5,984 Year ending March 2026 Theft offences (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 40,977 45,101 Year ending March 2026 Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) Year ending March 2026 · offences 130,298 135,289 Year ending March 2026 Violence against the person (police-recorded) Year ending March 2026 · offences 46,496 47,210 Year ending March 2026
Homicides by police force area: Year ending March 2015 to Year ending March 2025 Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour 0 10 20 30 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Year ending March 2015: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2016: 13 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2017: 12 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2018: 31 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2019: 16 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2020: 24 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2021: 7 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2022: 10 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2023: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2024: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026 Year ending March 2025: 8 offences · published 5 February 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Offences involving a knife or sharp instrument by police force area: Year ending March 2011 to Year ending March 2026 Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 500 1k 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2011: 331 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 337 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 312 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 247 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 515 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 606 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 680 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 775 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 923 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 1,151 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 955 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 964 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 1,003 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 1,149 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 1,043 offences · published 23 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 891 offences · published 23 July 2026
Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value Police officers by police force area: Year ending March 2007 to Year ending March 2026 Labour Labour Coalition Coalition Conservative Conservative Conservative Conservative Labour Labour 0 1k 2k 3k 2010 2015 2020 2025 Year ending March 2007: 3,113 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2008: 3,075 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2009: 3,196 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2010: 3,213 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2011: 3,102 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2012: 2,959 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2013: 2,847 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2014: 2,805 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2015: 2,810 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2016: 2,666 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2017: 2,587 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2018: 2,549 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2019: 2,629 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2020: 2,717 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2021: 2,838 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2022: 2,911 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2023: 3,108 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2024: 3,184 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2025: 3,206 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026 Year ending March 2026: 3,260 officers (FTE) · published 22 July 2026
Earlier years are the publisher's own back run, joined where the periods do not overlap. Shaded bands: governments (see labels) Hover or use arrow keys to read a value By category, 12 months to June 2026 Category Offences Previous 12 months Change Per 1,000 England & Wales per 1,000 Violence and sexual offences 52,890 52,948 ▼ 0.1% 29.9 34.7 Anti-social behaviour (not a crime) 33,234 24,789 ▲ 34.1% 18.8 15.3 Shoplifting 19,184 20,628 ▼ 7.0% 10.9 8.3 Public order 13,228 13,110 ▲ 0.9% 7.5 6.8 Criminal damage and arson 12,006 12,474 ▼ 3.8% 6.8 6.9 Other theft 9,992 10,721 ▼ 6.8% 5.7 6.5 Drugs 5,224 4,962 ▲ 5.3% 3.0 3.4 Vehicle crime 5,194 6,373 ▼ 18.5% 2.9 5.0 Burglary 4,309 4,922 ▼ 12.5% 2.4 3.6 Other crime 3,580 3,959 ▼ 9.6% 2.0 2.2 Possession of weapons 2,531 2,513 ▲ 0.7% 1.4 1.0 Robbery 1,784 1,190 ▲ 49.9% 1.0 1.4 Bicycle theft 1,306 1,476 ▼ 11.5% 0.7 0.8 Theft from the person 975 1,309 ▼ 25.5% 0.6 1.7 Public disorder and weapons 0 0 — 0.0 0.0 Violent crime 0 0 — 0.0 0.0
Local authorities in this force area Adur 4,455 offences 68.7per 1,000 Arun 14,896 offences 86.4per 1,000 Brighton and Hove 34,798 offences 122.5per 1,000 Chichester 10,086 offences 77.5per 1,000 Crawley 16,060 offences 129.0per 1,000 Eastbourne 14,167 offences 136.4per 1,000 Hastings 12,710 offences 139.9per 1,000 Horsham 8,496 offences 55.9per 1,000 Lewes 7,326 offences 71.4per 1,000 Mid Sussex 9,703 offences 59.3per 1,000 Rother 6,855 offences 71.3per 1,000 Wealden 8,884 offences 52.8per 1,000 Worthing 11,295 offences 99.2per 1,000 Important caveat Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded-crime rate does not mean an area is more dangerous. Rates depend on how much crime is reported and recorded, on the number of visitors and commuters who are not counted in the resident population, and on the policing priorities of the force. Anti-social behaviour incidents are shown separately because they are not recorded crimes.
Source Data data.police.uk street-level crime archive (Home Office). Offences are placed at anonymised snap points and assigned to 2021 Lower Layer Super Output Areas, which are mapped to local authorities using the ONS Open Geography lookup.Population ONS mid-year population estimates for England and Wales, mid-2025 edition, local authority level; force populations are the sum of their local authorities. Geography E23000033 Rate offences in the 12 months ÷ resident population × 1,000, rounded to one decimal place. Method Methodology