Total Crime Rate

152.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

108.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 152.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 108.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.7 9/10
  • Public order 25.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Crescent 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 Crescent Road (BN11 1RQ) 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 Crescent Road (BN11 1RQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 338 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Crescent Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/80)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wenban Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Park Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Park Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hertford Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Wenban Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wenban Road —
Apr 2026Public order Crescent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Teville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Eriswell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chandos Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chandos Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Augusta Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Christchurch Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences West Buildings Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Crescent Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Gardens —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Gratwicke Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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