Crime Rate in The Witterings, ward

The Witterings has the 10th lowest crime rate of 21 wards in Chichester district and the 2867th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 553rd lowest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in The Witterings in the last 12 months was 53.1 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% lower than the Chichester district average (78.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, The Witterings’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 185 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 237 (≈ 22.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the The Witterings ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hale Close, with 53 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Robinson Way (13 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.