Total Crime Rate

146.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 146.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 40.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Drugs 8.8 8/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 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

Florence Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 51st highest crime rate of 452 local areas in Chichester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Florence Road (PO19 7PY) in the last 12 months was 146.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Florence Road (PO19 7PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St James' Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charles Avenue (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Florence Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bognor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bognor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Portfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person St James' Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St James' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St James' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St James' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St James' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St James' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery St James' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Royal Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blackberry Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leatherbottle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Leatherbottle Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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