Total Crime Rate
279.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gordon Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 26th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gordon Road (BN11 1DB) in the last 12 months was 279.3 per 1,000 residents and was 0.3% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 165.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 135.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gordon Road (BN11 1DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 245 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (74 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Markwick Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Markwick Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wenban Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wenban Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wenban Road | Under investigation |
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