Total Crime Rate
277.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyon Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 21st 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 Lyon Street (PO21 1BH) in the last 12 months was 277.2 per 1,000 residents and was 50.3% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyon Street (PO21 1BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 154 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sussex Street (77 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sussex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lyon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sussex Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sussex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glamis Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glamis Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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