Crime Statistics for Highleigh, Chichester, West Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Highleigh, Chichester

There were a total of 1 street level crime incidents in in February 2024. The largest category was Anti Social Behaviour.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Anti Social Behaviour1
All Crime1

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Highleigh. 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 Highleigh

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Church Norton (2.24 miles)27
Earnley (2.24 miles)11
Pagham (2.56 miles)9
Birdham (1.76 miles)9
Crouchers (2.49 miles)3
Sidlesham (0.62 miles)2
Sidlesham Common (1.39 miles)2
Street End (0.88 miles)1
Highleigh1
South Mundham (2.24 miles)0

7.28%
of Sidlesham with Selsey North residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Highleigh?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Church Norton15
Earnley4
Birdham2
Sidlesham Common2
Pagham1
Crouchers1
Street End1
Sidlesham0
Highleigh0
South Mundham0

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

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 Highleigh 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 Highleigh compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Highleigh and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Highleigh is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Chichester South39
2Chichester Central37
3Chichester North32
4Chichester West29
5Selsey South26
6Harbour Villages25
7Aldwick East22
8Sidlesham with Selsey North21
9The Witterings17
10Aldwick West13
11Pagham10

Which road in Highleigh has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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