Total Crime Rate

82.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 36.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.2 6/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bostock Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 105th highest crime rate of 450 local areas in Chichester .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bostock Road (PO19 6UL) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 82.5% lower than the Chichester Central average (468.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bostock Road (PO19 6UL), the main crime hotspot is near Shamrock Close. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 92 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bostock Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Morants Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shamrock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tenacre Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tenacre Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tenacre Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Douglas Martin Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baxendale Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bostock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hospital Local resolution
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Shamrock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Longley Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Douglas Martin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bradshaw Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Shamrock Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bradshaw Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bradshaw Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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