Total Crime Rate
208.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
75.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyon Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 41st 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 1BN) in the last 12 months was 208.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% higher than the Hotham average (184.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 145.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 75.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyon Street (PO21 1BN), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sudley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyon Street West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyon Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyon Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marian Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hislop Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glamis Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Glamis Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Glamis Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Glamis Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hislop Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Walton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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