Total Crime Rate
258.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Linden Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 28th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Linden Road (PO21 2AZ) in the last 12 months was 258.5 per 1,000 residents and was 48.1% higher 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 129.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Linden Road (PO21 2AZ), 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.
View Crime In Hotham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Victoria Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Havelock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Highland Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marshall Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Servite Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parklands Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parklands Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Fletcher Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hillsboro Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturges Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturges Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturges Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturges Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturges Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Halson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fletcher Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Servite Close | Under investigation |
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