Total Crime Rate

136.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 136.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.7 6/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Limbrick Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Castle , and the 59th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Limbrick Lane (BN12 6AQ) in the last 12 months was 136.5 per 1,000 residents and was 20.3% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Limbrick Lane (BN12 6AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Kithurst Close. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Limbrick Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boxgrove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kithurst Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boxgrove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boxgrove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Foxglove Walk —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kithurst Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Boxgrove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Kithurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Kithurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boxgrove —
Sep 2025Drugs Kithurst Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kithurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maybridge Square —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kithurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kithurst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Holly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kithurst Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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