Lower Meads vs Meads

Lower Meads has a safety score of 3/100 (High Crime) and recorded 2,736 crimes in the last 12 months. Meads has a safety score of 78/100 (Safe) with 150 crimes. Meads scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Lower Meads shows a year-on-year crime trend of +697.7% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Meads shows -42.3% (falling). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Lower Meads, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (883 incidents). In Meads, it is Anti-Social Behaviour (53 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Lower Meads recorded 689 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Meads recorded 53. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Lower Meads totalled 883 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 37 in Meads. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Lower Meads recorded 343 crimes (now 2,736, a change of +697.7%). Meads recorded 260 crimes previously (now 150, -42.3%).

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. Lower Meads has a resolution rate of 31.4% and Meads has 0%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Lower Meads falls within the Sussex Police boundary. Meads 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 Lower Meads and Meads. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.