Total Crime Rate
98.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boxgrove Parade area has the 17th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Castle , and the 90th highest crime rate of 346 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 Boxgrove Parade (BN12 6BR) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% higher than the Castle average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 285.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boxgrove Parade (BN12 6BR), 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.
View Crime In Worthing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightingale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlehampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Boxgrove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuckoo Gate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuckoo Gate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coleridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Galsworthy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galsworthy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harting Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harting Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harting Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Coleridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lavant Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightingale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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