Total Crime Rate

259.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 259.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 103.8 10/10
  • Public order 37.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.3 9/10
  • Drugs 23.6 10/10
  • Theft from the person 23.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

This area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Chichester North , and the 14th 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 This (PO18 0HA) in the last 12 months was 259.4 per 1,000 residents and was 541.7% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 150.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode PO18 0HA, the highest concentration of overall crime is near The Leys, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Downley Close (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in PO18 0HA area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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