Total Crime Rate

125.8 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.9 per 1,000 7/10 Β· High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 41.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 38.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Drugs 12.9 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 38th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 64th highest crime rate of 346 local areas in Worthing .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BN11 1DJ) in the last 12 months was 125.8 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% lower than the Central average (254.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (β‰ˆ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BN11 1DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ann Street β€”
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Warwick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Saw Mill Place β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warwick Street β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warwick Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warwick Street β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Markwick Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Warwick Street β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dagmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Warwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lennox Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Wyke Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lennox Road β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street β€”
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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