Total Crime Rate
171.2 per 1,000
All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 28th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 346 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 High Street (BN11 1LL) in the last 12 months was 171.2 per 1,000 residents and was 32.6% lower than the Central average (254.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (β 82.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (BN11 1LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worthing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ann Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Passage | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Passage | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Passage | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Passage | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saw Mill Place | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ann Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ann Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Passage | β |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | β |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Warwick Street | β |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warwick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Warwick Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanford Square | β |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stanford Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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