Total Crime Rate
183.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Broadmark Lane area has the highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Brookfield , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Broadmark Lane (BN16 2NN) in the last 12 months was 183.5 per 1,000 residents and was 222.1% higher than the Brookfield average (57.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 225.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broadmark Lane (BN16 2NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fittleworth Garden, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Claigmar Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brookfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vernon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vernon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakehurst Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakehurst Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vernon Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claigmar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Claigmar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Claigmar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Claigmar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Claigmar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Stonefields | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Vernon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Fittleworth Garden | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fittleworth Garden | Under investigation |
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