Total Crime Rate

63.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 63.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.1 6/10
  • Other theft 16.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Penhill Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Churchill , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Adur .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Penhill Road (BN15 8HB) in the last 12 months was 63.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.7% lower than the Churchill average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penhill Road (BN15 8HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Yew Tree Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cecil Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penhill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beachcroft Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beachcroft Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Yew Tree Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grovelands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Freshbrook Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cecil Road —
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Data Sources

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