Total Crime Rate
100.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
46.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Downview Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Central , and the 88th highest crime rate of 346 local areas in Worthing .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Downview Road (BN11 4QY) in the last 12 months was 100.7 per 1,000 residents and was 60.3% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 6.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 46.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Downview Road (BN11 4QY), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 304 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Worthing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Becket Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Botolph'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Botolph'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Botolph'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belsize Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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