Total Crime Rate
112.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dingley Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Brookfield , and the 110th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Arun .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dingley Road (BN16 3PY) in the last 12 months was 112.3 per 1,000 residents and was 119.9% higher than the Brookfield average (51.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 54.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dingley Road (BN16 3PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fittleworth Garden, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Street (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fittleworth Garden | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Campbell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Claigmar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashwood Drive | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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