Total Crime Rate

52.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 52.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Nightingale Avenue area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Castle , and the 173rd lowest 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 Nightingale Avenue (BN12 6FH) in the last 12 months was 52.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Avenue (BN12 6FH), the main crime hotspot is near Nightingale Avenue. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingale Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Nightingale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fittleworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Corfe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boxgrove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boxgrove —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boxgrove —
Sep 2025Drugs Boxgrove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fittleworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boxgrove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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