Total Crime Rate
89.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Roman Fields area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Hotham , and the 146th 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 Roman Fields (PO21 5XA) in the last 12 months was 89.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.7% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Roman Fields (PO21 5XA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hastings Close, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pevensey Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burchett Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farah Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pevensey Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pevensey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pevensey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pevensey Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hastings Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hastings Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hastings Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arundel Close | Under investigation |
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