Total Crime Rate
76.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Pallant area has the 24th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Castle , and the 130th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Pallant (BN12 6AY) in the last 12 months was 76.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 650.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Pallant (BN12 6AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coleridge Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightingale Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kithurst Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fittleworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kithurst Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kithurst Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Boxgrove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boxgrove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fittleworth Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boxgrove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Goring-By-Sea | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boxgrove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Boxgrove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightingale Avenue | Under investigation |
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