Total Crime Rate

86.0 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 86.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.6 10/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Bersted Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Bersted , and the 163rd highest crime rate of 532 local areas in Arun .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bersted Street (PO22 9QH) in the last 12 months was 86.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.9% lower than the Bersted average (98.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bersted Street (PO22 9QH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Berrymill Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bersted Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berrymill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hotham Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hotham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berrymill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Berrymill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Berrymill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Berrymill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2259 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2259 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Neville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery St Marys Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bersted Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Highfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highbank
Sep 2025Public order Highbank Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Durban Park Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brooks Lane West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Brooks Lane West Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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