Total Crime Rate
128.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lyon Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 101st highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lyon Street (PO21 1DA) in the last 12 months was 128.1 per 1,000 residents and was 26.6% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 70.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyon Street (PO21 1DA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 262 crimes here, including 86 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hotham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Lennox Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sussex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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