Total Crime Rate
312.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Main Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 17 local areas in Yapton , and the 18th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Arun .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Main Road (BN18 0EA) in the last 12 months was 312.7 per 1,000 residents and was 192.4% higher than the Yapton average (106.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (β 124.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Main Road (BN18 0EA), the main crime hotspot is near Tack Lee Road. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Yapton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canal Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cobham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cobham Close | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tack Lee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tack Lee Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tack Lee Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canal Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tack Lee Road | β |
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