Crime Rates at Wyke Avenue, Worthing, BN11 1PB

Wyke Avenue area has the 30th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 50th 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 Wyke Avenue (BN11 1PB) in the last 12 months was 164.4 per 1,000 residents and was 41.0% lower than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wyke Avenue (BN11 1PB), the main crime hotspot is near Park Avenue. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 121 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.