Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Den Avenue area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 27th 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 Den Avenue (PO21 1HE) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.6% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 126.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Den Avenue (PO21 1HE), the main crime hotspot is near Sussex Street. Police recorded 114 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
| 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 | Public order | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sudley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Glamis Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glamis Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sudley Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marian Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hislop Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyon Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hislop Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarence 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 | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sussex Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyon Street | — |
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