Total Crime Rate

165.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 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

High Street 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 High Street (BN11 1DN) 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 High Street (BN11 1DN), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saw Mill Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Markwick Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Markwick Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marine Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Marine Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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