Total Crime Rate

120.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 23.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.9 6/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Other theft 9.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Easebourne , and the 59th highest crime rate of 450 local areas in Chichester .

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 Church Street (GU28 0AD) in the last 12 months was 120.4 per 1,000 residents and was 283.0% higher than the Easebourne average (31.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (GU28 0AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Damer'S Bridge, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lombard Street (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Mant Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Damer'S Bridge Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Mant Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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