Total Crime Rate

90.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Chapel Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 112th 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 Chapel Road (BN11 1HU) in the last 12 months was 90.2 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% lower than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chapel Road (BN11 1HU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 213 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chapel Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Teville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teville Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teville Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westbourne Avenue —
Sep 2025Public order Wenban Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lennox Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Gardens —
Sep 2025Other theft Lennox Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Salisbury Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Little High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lennox Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Christchurch Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Arch Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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