Total Crime Rate

1230.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1230.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 467.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 212.2 10/10
  • Public order 161.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 158.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 61.2 10/10
  • Other theft 43.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 28.8 10/10
  • Other crime 25.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 14.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Drugs 10.8 8/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BN11 1AQ) in the last 12 months was 1230.2 per 1,000 residents and was 341.9% higher than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 130 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 181 (≈ 651.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BN11 1AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanford Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanford Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marine Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saw Mill Place
Sep 2025Public order Marine Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warwick Road
Sep 2025Public order Warwick Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markwick Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Markwick Mews
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Warwick Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warwick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area

Data Sources

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