Total Crime Rate

103.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

51.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.1 8/10
  • Violent crimes 51.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.2 9/10
  • Public order 25.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

East Bracklesham Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Sidlesham with Selsey North , and the 76th highest crime rate of 450 local areas in Chichester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around East Bracklesham Drive (PO20 8JS) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 72.9% higher than the Sidlesham with Selsey North average (59.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 51.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Bracklesham Drive (PO20 8JS), the main crime hotspot is near Hale Close. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in East Bracklesham Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Elmdene Court —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cormorant Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Kestrel Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hale Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Peerley Close —
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Data Sources

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