Crime Rate in Marine, ward

Marine has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 13 wards in Worthing district and the 3444th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 612th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Marine in the last 12 months was 60.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.4% lower than the Worthing district average (95.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Marine’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 137 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -31.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 169 (≈ 20.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Marine ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 128 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.