Total Crime Rate

117.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Linden Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 114th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Linden Road (PO21 2AX) in the last 12 months was 117.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.8% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Linden Road (PO21 2AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sturges Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highland Avenue (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Linden Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Dorset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Havelock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturges Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturges Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillsboro Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parklands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fletcher Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highland Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marshall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Servite Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Servite Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Victoria Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ockley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fletcher Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parklands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Halson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturges Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnham Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sturges Road

Data Sources

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