Total Crime Rate

57.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 57.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wilfs Copse area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 101 local areas in Chichester Central , and the 174th highest 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 Wilfs Copse (PO20 1AH) in the last 12 months was 57.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.1% lower than the Chichester Central average (445.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wilfs Copse (PO20 1AH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Southover Way, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Farm Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wilfs Copse area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jestico'S Close
Sep 2025Other theft Jestico'S Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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