Total Crime Rate
64.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oak Grove area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bersted , and the 206th 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 Oak Grove (PO22 9JP) in the last 12 months was 64.0 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oak Grove (PO22 9JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lancaster Place, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ash Grove (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchard Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leas Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larch Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ash Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oak Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickinson Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bersted Green Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bersted Green Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laburnum Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laburnum Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandymount Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Corbishley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickinson Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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