Total Crime Rate

711.4 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 711.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 523.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Public order 40.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.6 10/10
  • Robbery 11.2 9/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Church Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 4th 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 Church Road (PO19 7HL) in the last 12 months was 711.4 per 1,000 residents and was 59.7% 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 234 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 111.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (PO19 7HL), the main crime hotspot is near Church Road. Police recorded 298 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary B2144 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leatherbottle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leatherbottle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Osborne Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Osborne Crescent
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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