Total Crime Rate

127.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 127.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 62.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Drugs 14.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.9 9/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Town Cross Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bersted , and the 95th highest crime rate of 530 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 Town Cross Avenue (PO21 2DN) in the last 12 months was 127.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.1% higher than the Bersted average (94.4 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Town Cross Avenue (PO21 2DN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Town Cross Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlingford Court
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Linden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Annandale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Linden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Linden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burnham Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Drugs Havelock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dorset Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dorset Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlingford Court
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Longford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Longford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Linden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bookers Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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