Broadbridge Heath Crime Rate July 2025 | Monthly Statistics

In July 2025, Broadbridge Heath maintained a crime rate of 3.9 per 1,000 residents, 54.7% below the UK average of 8.6. This stark contrast underscores the area’s relative safety, though the balance between property and violent crime offers insight into local dynamics. Property crimes (11 cases) slightly outpaced violent crimes (9 cases), with shoplifting (6 cases) and anti-social behaviour (4 cases) forming the most common categories. The seasonal context of July—peak summer, school holidays, and tourism—likely influenced these patterns, as retail areas may attract more opportunistic theft while community events could reduce interpersonal tensions. Violence and sexual offences, though the most frequent category, remained 61% below the UK average, a figure that may reflect the area’s low population density and community cohesion. Anti-social behaviour and public order offences, both 22–68% below the UK average, suggest effective local policing or a cultural emphasis on public conduct. However, the 100% increase in public order offences compared to June indicates that summer events or transient populations may be introducing new challenges. These figures illustrate a small, stable community where seasonal factors temporarily amplify certain crime types, but broader trends remain well below national averages.

July 2025 saw sharp increases in public order offences, other crime, and burglary, each doubling from zero to four, one, and one respectively. This spike in public order offences—now accounting for 13.8% of total crimes—suggests a shift in the crime mix, possibly linked to summer festivals or increased foot traffic. Meanwhile, violent crime decreased by 10%, with violence and sexual offences falling to 9 cases (31% of total crimes), 61% below the UK average. This contrast between rising public order issues and declining violent crime may reflect seasonal dynamics, such as more outdoor events drawing crowds, while reduced school terms could lower interpersonal conflicts. Shoplifting, at 20.7% of total crimes, remains 23% above the UK average, likely tied to local retail hubs. These figures provide a snapshot of how summer activity reshapes crime patterns in a small built-up area.

Broadbridge Heath's crime rate in July 2025 rose by 16.1% compared to June, moving from 3.4 to 3.9 per 1,000 residents. This increase, while notable, remains well below the UK average of 8.6. On a daily basis, the area recorded roughly one crime per day in July, a figure that may feel more tangible to residents than aggregate statistics. Over the course of the month, one reported crime occurred for roughly every 257 residents, a rate that places the area among the lowest in the UK. With a population of 7,463, this means that each resident had a 1-in-257 chance of being directly affected by a crime in July. The relatively low frequency, even with the month-on-month rise, suggests that the area’s crime profile remains stable compared to broader UK trends, though the increase warrants attention to local factors such as seasonal activity or event-related pressures.