Crime Rate in Central, ward

Central has the highest crime rate of 13 wards in Worthing district and the 132nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 15th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Central in the last 12 months was 278.4 per 1,000 residents and was 190.8% higher than the Worthing district average (95.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Central’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 960 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 27 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 31.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -29.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,327 (≈ 124.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Central ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 363 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Park Avenue (121 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.