Total Crime Rate

475.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 475.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 158.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 109.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.6 10/10
  • Public order 37.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 10/10
  • Other theft 23.3 10/10
  • Robbery 16.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 14.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.7 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 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

Barnfield Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 6th 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 Barnfield Drive (PO19 7AG) in the last 12 months was 475.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% higher than the Chichester Central average (445.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 165.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 123.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnfield Drive (PO19 7AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westhampnett Road, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Sadlers (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barnfield Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westhampnett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westhampnett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westhampnett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westhampnett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Sadlers Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Sadlers Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Sadlers Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Westhampnett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthom Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Barnfield Drive Formal action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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