Total Crime Rate

125.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

41.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper 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 Upper High Street (BN11 1DL) 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 (≈ 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 Upper High Street (BN11 1DL), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King Edward Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Warwick Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Winton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Saw Mill Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ivy Arch Road —
Apr 2026Public order Ivy Arch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winton Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Ann Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ash Grove —
Apr 2026Other crime Wyke Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Newland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lennox Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Lennox Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Little High Street —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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