Total Crime Rate
1255.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
640.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 346 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 1255.4 per 1,000 residents and was 394.3% higher than the Central average (254.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 108 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 178 (β 640.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (BN11 1AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worthing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ann Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Warwick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warwick Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ann Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ann Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marine Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Marine Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Marine Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stanford Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanford Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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