Sussex Police — Recorded Crime

Recorded offences, rate per 1,000 and category breakdown for Sussex Police. ONS Police Force Area data, OGL v3.

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Rate / 1,000

75.2

National median 74.1 (+1.1)

Total offences

132,341

year ending December 2025

Population

1.72m

force area

Offences by category

Violence against the person46,933 (20.8%)

Theft offences42,228 (18.7%)

Violence without injury20,673 (9.1%)

Shoplifting19,880 (8.8%)

Violence with injury14,777 (6.5%)

Public order offences12,564 (5.6%)

Criminal damage and arson11,830 (5.2%)

Stalking and harassment11,409 (5.0%)

Other theft offences10,026 (4.4%)

Sexual offences5,905 (2.6%)

Vehicle offences5,250 (2.3%)

Drug offences5,147 (2.3%)

Burglary4,587 (2.0%)

Miscellaneous crimes3,540 (1.6%)

Residential burglary2,779 (1.2%)

Possession of weapons offences2,476 (1.1%)

Non-residential burglary1,808 (0.8%)

Robbery1,718 (0.8%)

Bicycle theft1,398 (0.6%)

Theft from the person1,087 (0.5%)

Death or serious injury - unlawful driving64 (0.0%)

Homicide10 (0.0%)

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Source: ONS — Police Force Area data tables · Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0 · year ending December 2025, fetched 2026-07-14. Recorded crime reflects reporting and recording practice as well as underlying crime. BlueLineHub is independent and not affiliated with Sussex Police.