Total Crime Rate

93.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 93.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Broad Road area has the highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Harbour Villages , and the 97th 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 Broad Road (PO18 8SN) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 89.9% higher than the Harbour Villages average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Road (PO18 8SN), the main crime hotspot is near Hawthorne Gardens. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Broad Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawthorne Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flatt Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Main Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Langstone Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langstone Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langstone Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nutbourne —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nutbourne —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nutbourne —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Flatt Gardens —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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