Total Crime Rate
586.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newland Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 8th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newland Road (BN11 1JX) in the last 12 months was 586.5 per 1,000 residents and was 110.7% higher than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 124 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 140.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newland Road (BN11 1JX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 245 crimes here, including 58 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Markwick Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wenban Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Little High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wenban Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | King Edward Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wenban Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Markwick Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Markwick Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lennox Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wenban Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Avenue | — |
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