Crime Statistics for Earnley, Chichester, West Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Earnley, Chichester

There were a total of 13 street level crime incidents in Earnley in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Earnley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime6
Shoplifting2
Public Order2
Criminal Damage Arson1
Vehicle Crime1
Other Theft1
All Crime13

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Earnley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Earnley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Earnley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Earnley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Church Norton (3.16 miles)19
Earnley13
Crouchers (4.17 miles)3
Birdham (2.56 miles)3
Sidlesham (2.77 miles)2
Sidlesham Common (3.51 miles)2
Shipton Green (1.96 miles)2
Street End (3.1 miles)1
Bosham Hoe (3.11 miles)1
Highleigh (2.24 miles)1

6.8%
of The Witterings residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Earnley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Earnley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Church Norton7
Earnley6
Sidlesham Common2
Crouchers1
Shipton Green1
Street End1
Highleigh1
Birdham0
Sidlesham0
Bosham Hoe0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Earnley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Earnley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Earnley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Earnley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Earnley is ranked #10.

#WardScore
1Hayling West44
2Hayling East39
3Chichester South39
4Chichester Central37
5Chichester North32
6Chichester West29
7Selsey South26
8Harbour Villages25
9Sidlesham with Selsey North21
10The Witterings17
11Pagham10

Which road in Earnley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Earnley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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