Total Crime Rate
159.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ockley Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 66th 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 Ockley Road (PO21 2HP) in the last 12 months was 159.6 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% lower than the Hotham average (184.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ockley Road (PO21 2HP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 168 crimes here, including 75 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sturges Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sturges Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sturges Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sturges Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sturges Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sturges Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturges Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturges Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturges Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sturges Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burnham Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burnham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Argyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gainsboro Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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