Total Crime Rate

99.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.7 6/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Brighton Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 102nd 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 Brighton Road (BN11 2HG) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 46.6% higher than the Broadwater average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Road (BN11 2HG), the main crime hotspot is near Heatherstone Road. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brighton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Devonport Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Heatherstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Brougham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Brookdean Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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