Total Crime Rate

283.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 283.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 122.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.2 8/10
  • Public order 33.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Drugs 18.9 10/10
  • Burglary 14.2 9/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Chapel Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 12th highest crime rate of 452 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 Chapel Street (PO19 1BT) in the last 12 months was 283.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% lower than the Chichester Central average (445.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 89.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chapel Street (PO19 1BT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Martin'S Street, where police recorded 177 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cathedral Courtyard (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chapel Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cooper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Peter'S
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cooper Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cooper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cooper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Martin'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cooper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cooper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Martin'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Martin'S Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Pallant
Sep 2025Bicycle theft North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Martin'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson North Pallant Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lion Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Martin'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Martin'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Martin'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cathedral Courtyard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lion Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Martin'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lion Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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