Total Crime Rate
152.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grafton Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 48th highest crime rate of 346 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 Grafton Road (BN11 1QY) in the last 12 months was 152.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.1% lower than the Central average (254.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 108.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grafton Road (BN11 1QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alexander Terrace (37 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 | Bank Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gratwicke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Christchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gratwicke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bank Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambrose Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambrose Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ambrose Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hertford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
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