Total Crime Rate
351.4 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
188.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grafton Place area has the 10th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 17th 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 Grafton Place (BN11 1AR) in the last 12 months was 351.4 per 1,000 residents and was 38.4% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 59 (β 188.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Place (BN11 1AR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 306 crimes here, including 96 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Worthing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Market Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hertford Road | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Liverpool Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Liverpool Gardens | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wenban Road | β |
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