Total Crime Rate
21.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wheatfield Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Selsey South , and the 90th lowest crime rate of 452 local areas in Chichester .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wheatfield Road (PO20 0NY) in the last 12 months was 21.5 per 1,000 residents and was 70.2% lower than the Selsey South average (72.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wheatfield Road (PO20 0NY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mountwood Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tranquillity Way (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Selsey South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park/Open Space | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranquillity Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranquillity Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tranquillity Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Halley View | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Halley View | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mountwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mountwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mountwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Beach Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beach Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beach Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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