Total Crime Rate
142.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 530 local areas in Arun .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Road (PO21 2PX) in the last 12 months was 142.3 per 1,000 residents and was 22.8% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Road (PO21 2PX), the main crime hotspot is near Oxford Street. Police recorded 143 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stocker Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stocker Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellasdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ellasdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellasdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellasdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ellasdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Charlwood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marine Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marine Parade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marine Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Marine Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bassett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stocker Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Charlwood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Orchard Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlwood Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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