Total Crime Rate
20.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Lavant , and the 104th lowest crime rate of 450 local areas in Chichester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Road (PO10 8NZ) in the last 12 months was 20.2 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% lower than the Lavant average (68.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 11.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Road (PO10 8NZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Field Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Haslemere Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Southbourne| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fraser Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kelsey Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smallcutts Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smallcutts Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smallcutts Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haslemere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Smallcutts Avenue | — |
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