Total Crime Rate

231.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 231.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.9 9/10
  • Other theft 21.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Other crime 14.5 10/10
  • Public order 10.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Grafton Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 30th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grafton Road (BN11 1QY) in the last 12 months was 231.9 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 130.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grafton Road (BN11 1QY), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 200 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grafton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bank Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Victoria Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Liverpool Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Liverpool Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bank Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmond Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Salisbury Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wenban Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wenban Road —

Data Sources

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