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 1DR) 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 1DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upper High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Little High Street
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft King Edward Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Charlecote Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlecote Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Winton Place
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bashfords Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ivy Arch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ivy Arch Road
Apr 2026Robbery Newland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Winton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Dagmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King Edward Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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