Total Crime Rate
104.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel Cottages area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Loxwood , and the 74th highest crime rate of 450 local areas in Chichester .
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 Chapel Cottages (GU6 8HW) in the last 12 months was 104.8 per 1,000 residents and was 189.1% higher than the Loxwood average (36.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel Cottages (GU6 8HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Loxwood Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Copse Lane (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Loxwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loxwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loxwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loxwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loxwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Loxwood Road | — |
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