Total Crime Rate

515.8 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 515.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 194.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 152.6 10/10
  • Public order 68.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.8 10/10
  • Other theft 26.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.5 8/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Theft from the person 5.3 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bedford Row area has the 7th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 10th highest crime rate of 349 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 Bedford Row (BN11 3DR) in the last 12 months was 515.8 per 1,000 residents and was 85.3% higher 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 70.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (β‰ˆ 268.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bedford Row (BN11 3DR), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 295 crimes here, including 103 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bedford Row area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Liverpool Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ann Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Warwick Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montague Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montague Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montague Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montague Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montague Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montague Place β€”
Sep 2025Other theft Montague Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liverpool Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Liverpool Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanford Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanford Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stanford Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stanford Square β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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