Postcode · Chichester
Crime in PO18 0HL
How much crime is recorded in PO18 0HL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Midhurst & Cocking
- Council
- Chichester
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 992 (2024)
PO18 0HLChichester
How safe is PO18 0HL
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the PO18 0HL area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
PO18 0HLNational
Burglary11.29.1
Violence and sexual offences10.323.6
Drugs3.52.4
Vehicle crime2.63.5
Public order2.14.6
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Other theft0.94.5
Other crime0.71.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 33% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.