Total Crime Rate

85.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.9 5/10
  • Drugs 9.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.9 5/10
  • Robbery 6.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Orchard Way area has the 10th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Fittleworth , and the 106th highest crime rate of 452 local areas in Chichester .

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 Orchard Way (RH20 2TA) in the last 12 months was 85.8 per 1,000 residents and was 101.1% higher than the Fittleworth average (42.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Orchard Way (RH20 2TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stane Street, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harwood Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Orchard Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strawberry Field
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Link Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stane Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stane Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cousins Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Harwood Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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