Total Crime Rate

97.9 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 97.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Drugs 11.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hillsboro Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bersted , and the 138th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hillsboro Road (PO21 2DY) in the last 12 months was 97.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.8% lower than the Bersted average (98.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillsboro Road (PO21 2DY), the main crime hotspot is near Fletcher Way. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hillsboro Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beatty Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fletcher Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fletcher Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Longford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Halson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Dorset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hillsboro Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Havelock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somerset Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket

Data Sources

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