Annual crime rate in West Sussex county is 30.7 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, West Sussex's rate is at 87% as of October 2025.Violent crime makes up 32.7% of all crimes reported in the county. The total number of "violent crime" is 24.4k, and this number has decreased by 1.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2024 - September 2025.
| West Sussex county | crime statistic | England & Wales |
|---|---|---|
| 30.7 | annual crime rate per 1k workday people | 35.5 |
| 87% | ratio of national crime rate | 100% |
| 32.7% | share of all crimes | 34.8% |
| 24.4k | crimes reported | 2.0M |
| -1.4% | annual change | 0.6% |
Crime rate ranking : 10. lowest crime rate out of 54 counties
The total number of "violent crime" is 24.4k, and this number has decreased by 1.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of October 2024 - September 2025. In the graph below, county are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the county crime rate between October 2024 - September 2025 to the county crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the county.
-1.4% annual change, crime is declining
24.4k crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeNumber of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to September 2025.
Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.
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