Total Crime Rate

93.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 93.9 7/10
  • Violent crimes 56.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.8 8/10
  • Public order 16.4 9/10
  • Robbery 9.4 9/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Norfolk Street area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 95th 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 Norfolk Street (BN11 4BB) in the last 12 months was 93.9 per 1,000 residents and was 63.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 56.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norfolk Street (BN11 4BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Orme Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Teville Place (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norfolk Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Matthew'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richmond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Orme Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Orme Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orme Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clifton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elizabeth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road
Apr 2026Other theft Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Clifton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Park Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Park Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clifton Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shakespeare Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Howard Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Matthew'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft London Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences London Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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