Total Crime Rate
207.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cory Close area has the 17th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 20th highest crime rate of 450 local areas in Chichester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cory Close (PO19 8AQ) in the last 12 months was 207.7 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% 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 ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 100.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cory Close (PO19 8AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cooper Street, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cathedral Courtyard (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chichester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Pallant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Courtyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | North Pallant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southgate | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cooper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cooper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Courtyard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Courtyard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deanery Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cathedral Courtyard | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cathedral Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cathedral Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cathedral Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Station Approach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cathedral Courtyard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cooper Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Approach | Under investigation |
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