Total Crime Rate

127.2 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.5 per 1,000 7/10 Β· 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 127.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 40.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 36th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 61st highest crime rate of 346 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 3EH) in the last 12 months was 127.2 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% lower than the Central average (254.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (β‰ˆ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Road (BN11 3EH), 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 Shopping Area β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marine Place β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street β€”
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marine Place β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marine Place β€”
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub β€”
Apr 2026Other crime Marine Place 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 2026Anti-social behaviour Saw Mill Place β€”
Apr 2026Other theft Warwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Warwick Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Warwick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Market Street β€”

Data Sources

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