Total Crime Rate

215.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 215.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 96.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.7 9/10
  • Public order 14.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Plover Close area has the highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Sidlesham with Selsey North , and the 18th highest crime rate of 452 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 Plover Close (PO20 8PW) in the last 12 months was 215.1 per 1,000 residents and was 260.9% 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 Shoplifting with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 52.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 237.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Plover Close (PO20 8PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hale Close, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Robinson Way (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Plover Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Peerley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stubcroft Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peerley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Middleton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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Data Sources

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