Total Crime Rate

129.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

35.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 129.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 71.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 35.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ardingly Drive area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Goring , and the 60th 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 Ardingly Drive (BN12 4TP) in the last 12 months was 129.0 per 1,000 residents and was 203.6% higher than the Goring average (42.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ardingly Drive (BN12 4TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coleridge Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ardingly Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Coleridge Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Galsworthy Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Galsworthy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coleridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Coleridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jupp'S Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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