Total Crime Rate
857.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Spencer Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 6th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .
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 Spencer Street (PO21 1AP) in the last 12 months was 857.1 per 1,000 residents and was 390.9% higher than the Hotham average (174.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 89 (≈ 363.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spencer Street (PO21 1AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 235 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sussex Street (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hotham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatty Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Havelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lyon Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sussex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
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