Total Crime Rate
82.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Second Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Lavant , and the 102nd 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 Second Avenue (PO10 8HP) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.8% higher than the Lavant average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Second Avenue (PO10 8HP), the main crime hotspot is near Manor Gardens. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Southbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smallcutts Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prinsted Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smallcutts Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcote Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smallcutts Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smallcutts Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eden Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wodehouse Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wodehouse Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
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