Total Crime Rate
75.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Victoria Drive area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 194th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Drive (PO21 2LS) in the last 12 months was 75.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.8% lower than the Hotham average (174.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -72.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 18.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Drive (PO21 2LS), the main crime hotspot is near Oxford Street. Police recorded 104 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hotham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Southdown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cavendish Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Road South | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Normanton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shelley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stocker Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stocker Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Oxford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charlwood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Keats Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nyewood Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Oxford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ellasdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellasdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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