Total Crime Rate
13.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Maplehurst Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Chichester North , and the 59th 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 Maplehurst Road (PO19 6XP) in the last 12 months was 13.4 per 1,000 residents and was 70.0% lower than the Chichester North average (44.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (β 6.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Maplehurst Road (PO19 6XP), the main crime hotspot is near North Mead. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 48 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 | Anti-social behaviour | North Mead | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maplehurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyd Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lloyd Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lloyd Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Naunton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | North Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | North Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | North Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Mead | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Mead | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Croft Mead | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Mead | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Mead | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Mead | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Croft Mead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Croft Mead | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Mead | β |
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