Total Crime Rate

166.1 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.4 per 1,000 9/10 Β· 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 166.1 9/10
  • Violent crimes 81.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.7 9/10
  • Public order 23.7 10/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Brighton Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 44th 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 Brighton Road (BN11 3EB) in the last 12 months was 166.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (β‰ˆ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Road (BN11 3EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Street, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brighton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ann Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Ann Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Apr 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South Street β€”
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marine Place β€”
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bedford Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bedford Row β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bedford Row β€”
Apr 2026Burglary York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Marine Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marine Place β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour South Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marine Place β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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