Crime Rates at High Street, Worthing, BN11 1NU

High Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 10th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BN11 1NU) in the last 12 months was 515.8 per 1,000 residents and was 85.3% higher than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 70.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 268.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (BN11 1NU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 163 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.