Total Crime Rate

158.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 158.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.7 9/10
  • Burglary 11.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Other theft 11.3 8/10
  • Public order 11.3 8/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fordwater Cottages area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Chichester North , and the 39th highest crime rate of 452 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 Fordwater Cottages (PO18 0AP) in the last 12 months was 158.5 per 1,000 residents and was 292.0% higher than the Chichester North average (40.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 67.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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