Total Crime Rate

183.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 183.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 63.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.7 10/10
  • Public order 26.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.5 5/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Broadmark 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.

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Crime Over Time in Broadmark Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vernon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vernon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakehurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakehurst Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vernon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claigmar Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claigmar Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Claigmar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claigmar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claigmar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stonefields Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Vernon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Fittleworth Garden Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fittleworth Garden Under investigation

Data Sources

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