Total Crime Rate

102.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 102.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Other crime 8.6 9/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Goring Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Castle , and the 97th highest crime rate of 349 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 Goring Street (BN12 5SF) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.4% lower than the Castle average (113.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goring Street (BN12 5SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coleridge Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Goring Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Goring-By-Sea Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fittleworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fittleworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Goring Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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