Total Crime Rate

165.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 165.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.0 10/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Chapel Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 49th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chapel Road (BN11 1BN) in the last 12 months was 165.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.8% lower 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 82.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chapel Road (BN11 1BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 245 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chapel Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bank Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Gardens —
Sep 2025Public order Ann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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 Stanford Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanford Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markwick Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Tower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Portland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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