Total Crime Rate
102.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chichester Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bersted , and the 125th 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 Chichester Road (PO21 5BA) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% higher than the Bersted average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chichester Road (PO21 5BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Clare'S Gardens, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elm Tree Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Orchard| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairlands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clare'S Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherleigh Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Renoir Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Tree Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Tree Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Tree Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elm Tree Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Tree Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hatherleigh Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bedford Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Clare'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Clare'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairlands | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westloats Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westloats Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Applegate Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newtown Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farah Close | Under investigation |
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