Total Crime Rate
175.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
90.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stoke Abbott Road 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 Stoke Abbott Road (BN11 1HJ) 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 Stoke Abbott Road (BN11 1HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alexander Terrace (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worthing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexander Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lennox Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lennox Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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