Total Crime Rate

248.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 248.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 81.1 10/10
  • Violent crimes 75.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.7 9/10
  • Other theft 37.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 8/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Rock Gardens area has the 10th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 30th 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 Rock Gardens (PO21 2LF) in the last 12 months was 248.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.9% higher than the Hotham average (184.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 75.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rock Gardens (PO21 2LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sadler Street, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stocker Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Rock Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/36)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlwood Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Burglary Ellasdale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bakery Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stocker Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stocker Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sadler Street —
Apr 2026Public order Sadler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sadler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sadler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Charlwood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ellasdale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ellasdale Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Scott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ellasdale Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ellasdale Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Park Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Charlwood Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Marine Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Marine Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Marine Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Marine Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Royal Norfolk Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stocker Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Scott Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Wellington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Close —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 30 of 36

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑