Total Crime Rate
134.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Florence Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 51st highest crime rate of 450 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 134.5 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% lower than the Chichester Central average (468.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% 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 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kathleen Gardens (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chichester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charles Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St James' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B2144 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St James' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James' Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackberry Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackberry Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farndell Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kathleen Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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