Kemp Town vs Wish

Kemp Town has a safety score of 8/100 (High Crime) and recorded 1,330 crimes in the last 12 months. Wish has a safety score of 31/100 (Below Average) with 654 crimes. Wish scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Kemp Town shows a year-on-year crime trend of +1.3% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Wish shows -1.5% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Kemp Town, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (404 incidents). In Wish, it is Violent Crime (200 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Kemp Town recorded 253 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Wish recorded 148. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Kemp Town totalled 404 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 200 in Wish. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Kemp Town recorded 1,313 crimes (now 1,330, a change of +1.3%). Wish recorded 664 crimes previously (now 654, -1.5%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Kemp Town has a resolution rate of 34.8% and Wish has 31.4%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Kemp Town falls within the Sussex Police boundary. Wish is covered by Sussex Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Kemp Town and Wish. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.