Total Crime Rate
223.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richmond Road North area has the 13th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 38th highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Arun .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Richmond Road North (PO21 1AT) in the last 12 months was 223.2 per 1,000 residents and was 21.1% higher than the Hotham average (184.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 110.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richmond Road North (PO21 1AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near London Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berrymill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlingford Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Carlingford Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Berrymill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyon Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glamis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyon Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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