Total Crime Rate
415.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grafton Place area has the 10th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 16th 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 Grafton Place (BN11 1AR) in the last 12 months was 415.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 194.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Place (BN11 1AR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 363 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bank Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chandos Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chandos Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Chandos Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chandos Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Chandos Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wenban Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wenban Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Graham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Graham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Graham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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