Total Crime Rate

218.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

114.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 218.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 114.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 94.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.9 10/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Burglary 5.0 6/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Adelaide Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 17th highest crime rate of 450 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 Adelaide Road (PO19 7NG) in the last 12 months was 218.9 per 1,000 residents and was 53.3% lower than the Chichester Central average (468.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -32.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 114.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Adelaide Road (PO19 7NG), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Adelaide Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Joys Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Spitalfield Lane
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Place
Apr 2026Other theft Peter Weston Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Joys Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Guilden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft The Hornet Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Guilden Road
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Adelaide Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kent Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kent Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Douglas Martin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Douglas Martin Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Liberator Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Joys Croft
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Joys Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Joys Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Litten Terrace
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guilden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Armadale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Armadale Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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