Total Crime Rate

79.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 79.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.3 9/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Dial Close area has the 18th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Arundel & Walberton , and the 173rd highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dial Close (PO22 0JU) in the last 12 months was 79.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% lower than the Arundel & Walberton average (99.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dial Close (PO22 0JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B2233, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dial Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs B2233 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warren Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Foxes Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foxes Croft
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foxes Croft
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Saxby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stempswood Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greenbank Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary B2233 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2233 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2233 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary B2233 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2233 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Saxby Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2233 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windmill Mews
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garden Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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