Total Crime Rate
48.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heene Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 162nd lowest crime rate of 346 local areas in Worthing .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Heene Road (BN11 3RF) in the last 12 months was 48.5 per 1,000 residents and was 80.9% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heene Road (BN11 3RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowers Court, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Winchester Road (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Worthing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bowers Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ivy Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rowlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Thorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bowers Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bowers Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ariadne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bowers Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bowers Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heene Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heene Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wordsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ivy Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ariadne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Winchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boundary Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heene Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heene Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgrove Gardens | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgrove Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ariadne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Road | Under investigation |
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