Total Crime Rate
37.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Baxendale Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 205th lowest crime rate of 450 local areas in Chichester .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Baxendale Road (PO19 6US) in the last 12 months was 37.9 per 1,000 residents and was 91.9% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baxendale Road (PO19 6US), 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.
View Crime In Chichester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bradshaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tenacre Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bostock Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shamrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baxendale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Douglas Martin Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Douglas Martin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenacre Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bradshaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shamrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shamrock Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shamrock Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shamrock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tenacre Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morants Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aberdare Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradshaw Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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