Total Crime Rate

150.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 150.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Elm Road area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 54th 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 Elm Road (BN11 1PG) in the last 12 months was 150.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 63.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elm Road (BN11 1PG), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Elm Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/90)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Warwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Saw Mill Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Warwick Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Wyke Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warwick Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Warwick Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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