Total Crime Rate

61.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

24.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 61.8 6/10
  • Violent crimes 24.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Drugs 8.1 8/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Collyer Avenue area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 216th highest crime rate of 530 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 Collyer Avenue (PO21 5JS) in the last 12 months was 61.8 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% lower than the Hotham average (184.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Collyer Avenue (PO21 5JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fletcher Way (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Collyer Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Highland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorndene Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gravits Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gravits Lane
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Parklands Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Highland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorndene Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorndene Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorndene Avenue
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gravits Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorndene Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thorndene Avenue
Apr 2026Drugs Thorndene Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Thorndene Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Thorndene Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Thorndene Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorndene Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Thorndene Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Highland Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gravits Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gravits Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gravits Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gravits Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Wadhurst Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wadhurst Close

Data Sources

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