Total Crime Rate
218.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Adelaide 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.
View Crime In Chichester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joys Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spitalfield Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peter Weston Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guilden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Joys Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guilden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Guilden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Hornet | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Guilden Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Adelaide Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Douglas Martin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Douglas Martin Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liberator Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Joys Croft | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Joys Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Joys Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Litten Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guilden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Armadale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Armadale Road | Under investigation |
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