Crime Rate in Broadwater, ward

Broadwater has the 6th lowest crime rate of 13 wards in Worthing district and the 3548th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 509th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Broadwater in the last 12 months was 67.7 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% lower than the Worthing district average (95.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Broadwater’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 242 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 319 (≈ 34.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Broadwater ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 56 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Downlands Gardens (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.