Crime Statistics for The Close, Chichester, West Sussex, 2024

There were a total of 203 street level crime incidents in The Close in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in The Close, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	59
Anti Social Behaviour	32
Shoplifting	30
Public Order	25
Other Theft	16
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Robbery	7
Burglary	6
Bicycle Theft	4
Drugs	4
Vehicle Crime	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Theft From The Person	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	203

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 The Close. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 The Close

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Portfield (1.39 miles)	339
Chichester (0.62 miles)	236
The Close	203
Shopwyke (1.96 miles)	154
Stockbridge (0.62 miles)	43
Fishbourne (1.24 miles)	29
North Mundham (1.76 miles)	15
Donnington (1.24 miles)	5
Crouchers (1.39 miles)	3
Apuldram (0.88 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near The Close?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Portfield	113
Chichester	68
The Close	59
Shopwyke	47
Stockbridge	13
Fishbourne	9
North Mundham	7
Donnington	4
Crouchers	1
Apuldram	1

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

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 The Close 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 The Close compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to The Close and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. The Close is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Chichester East	52
2	Bersted	49
3	Lavant	42
4	Chichester South	39
5	Chichester Central	37
6	Chichester North	32
7	North Mundham & Tangmere	30
8	Chichester West	29
9	Harbour Villages	25
10	The Witterings	17
11	Pagham	10

Which road in The Close has the highest level of crime?

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