Total Crime Rate
239.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ockley Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 31st highest crime rate of 532 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 Ockley Road (PO21 2HP) in the last 12 months was 239.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.1% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 117.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ockley Road (PO21 2HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 216 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Road (63 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hotham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Argyle Circus | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Longford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Steyne | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lyon Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ockley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sutherland Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
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