Total Crime Rate
165.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ashdown 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 Ashdown Road (BN11 1DF) 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 Ashdown Road (BN11 1DF), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Arch Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ann Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ivy Arch Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Little High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lennox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Markwick Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Markwick Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Markwick Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
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