Total Crime Rate

150.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 150.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.9 8/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Burglary 17.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Victoria Drive area has the 21st highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 78th highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Victoria Drive (PO21 2TG) in the last 12 months was 150.2 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Victoria Drive (PO21 2TG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sturges Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Linden Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Victoria Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Southdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sutherland Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parklands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parklands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Normanton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnham Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorndene Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorndene Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorndene Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marshall Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ockley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cavendish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Victoria Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wellington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wellington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Servite Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturges Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturges Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sturges Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sturges Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sturges Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Servite Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ockley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thorndene Avenue —

Data Sources

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