Total Crime Rate
68.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fitzalan Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beach , and the 209th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fitzalan Road (BN17 5ET) in the last 12 months was 68.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% higher than the Beach average (61.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -73.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -63.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fitzalan Road (BN17 5ET), the main crime hotspot is near Paterson Wilson Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Beach| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paterson Wilson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maltravers Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Maltravers Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maltravers Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Maltravers Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maltravers Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Approach | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Paterson Wilson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paterson Wilson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paterson Wilson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paterson Wilson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Goda Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Old Dairy Farm | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | St Mary'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Highdown Drive | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | East Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goda Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Paterson Wilson Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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