Total Crime Rate
185.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fitzalan Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beach , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 530 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 Fitzalan Road (BN17 5JD) in the last 12 months was 185.4 per 1,000 residents and was 234.8% higher than the Beach average (55.4 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 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fitzalan Road (BN17 5JD), the main crime hotspot is near Bayford Road. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | South Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Irvine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beach Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beach Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beach Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beach Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maltravers Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fitzalan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Irvine Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Irvine Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Irvine Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Irvine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Irvine Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Irvine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bayford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Irvine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Approach | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Catherine'S Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Catherine'S Road | Under investigation |
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