Total Crime Rate

121.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.2 8/10
  • Public order 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hill Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Beach , and the 107th 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 Hill Road (BN17 6DF) in the last 12 months was 121.9 per 1,000 residents and was 98.2% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 94.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hill Road (BN17 6DF), the main crime hotspot is near Thorncroft Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hill Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falkland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Falkland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Thorncroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gosden Road
Sep 2025Other crime Norman Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorncroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B2187 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elmgrove Road
Sep 2025Public order Elmgrove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmgrove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorncroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elmgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Falkland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Falkland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falkland Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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