Total Crime Rate
9.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Phoenix Way area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Eastbrook , and the 15th lowest crime rate of 209 local areas in Adur .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Phoenix Way (BN42 4HQ) in the last 12 months was 9.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.4% lower than the Eastbrook average (75.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Phoenix Way (BN42 4HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near King George Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Downland Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Eastbrook| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadway Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mulberry Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadway Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sandown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Underdown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
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