Total Crime Rate

175.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 175.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 90.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.0 10/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Burglary 7.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.2 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.2 4/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

High Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 41st 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 1DN) in the last 12 months was 175.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% lower than the Central average (254.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 90.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BN11 1DN), 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 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Saw Mill Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ann Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Ann Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Public order Dagmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Ambrose Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lennox Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanford Square —
Apr 2026Public order Stanford Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order South Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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