Total Crime Rate

132.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Applegate Way area has the 26th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 98th highest crime rate of 532 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 Applegate Way (PO21 5GB) in the last 12 months was 132.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.1% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 78.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Applegate Way (PO21 5GB), the main crime hotspot is near Frith Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Applegate Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Sherwood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatherleigh Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westloats Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pevensey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northcote Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivydale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northcote Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gravits Lane —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gravits Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Applegate Way —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westloats Lane —
Sep 2025Other theft Westloats Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frith Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Frith Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mayfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Northcote Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Tree Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pevensey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Farah Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pendleton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westloats Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Mayfield Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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