Total Crime Rate

93.3 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 93.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Norfolk Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beach , and the 151st highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Norfolk Road (BN17 5HE) in the last 12 months was 93.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (β‰ˆ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norfolk Road (BN17 5HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B2140, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Flora'S Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norfolk Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Augustine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodlands Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Maltravers Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maltravers Drive β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maltravers Drive β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Reef Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reef Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Passage β€”
Sep 2025Possession of weapons St Flora'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Norfolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Norfolk Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Augustine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B2140 β€”
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Maltravers Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Western Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs St Augustine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Cloisters Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Augustine Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Cloisters Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Flora'S Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Flora'S Close β€”

Data Sources

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