Total Crime Rate
93.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norfolk 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.
View Crime In Worthing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Orme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Orme Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clifton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clifton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shakespeare Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Howard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | London Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
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