Total Crime Rate

234.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

124.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 234.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 124.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.2 10/10
  • Public order 37.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.7 9/10
  • Other theft 20.7 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Sussex Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 29th highest crime rate of 346 local areas in Worthing .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sussex Road (BN11 1DS) in the last 12 months was 234.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 124.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sussex Road (BN11 1DS), 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 Sussex Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/50)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Ivy Arch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Dagmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Newland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Newland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlecote Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wenban Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lennox Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lennox Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lennox Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lennox Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Further action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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