Felpham is safer than the Arun average. The rate is about 79 incidents per thousand residents over the last twelve months. That is roughly 12% below the local-authority rate of about 90. Around 550 incidents in total across the year. Quieter than Arun, not quiet by definition.
On numbers, Felpham recorded about 550 crimes across the twelve months from April 2025 to March 2026, which works out to about 79 incidents per thousand residents. The Arun local authority as a whole sits at about 90 per thousand over the same window, so the village runs about 12% below its parent authority. That gap is real but not enormous. It reflects the basic shape of the village: home ownership at about four in five households, a median age of around 49, fewer high-density addresses than the parts of Arun that pull the headline up. None of those is a guarantee of low crime; they are the structural backdrop to the rate sitting where it does. The figures here are not broken down by street, by hour or by offence type, so the honest answer stays at village level rather than pretending to street-level precision. The buyer who wants more than the headline checks the police website's local crime map for the specific postcode they are considering, which carries the monthly breakdown by offence category. The version of this question that asks "is my exact street safe" has to be answered at the address, not the village.
On the rating, Felpham sits at four out of five for safety, which is above-average for the coast without being one of the spotless deep-rural ratings. Quieter than the parent authority, not silent. The map will tell you whether your specific corner of the village reads the same way.