Total Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Galsworthy Close area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 63 local areas in Castle , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 346 local areas in Worthing .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Galsworthy Close (BN12 6LP) in the last 12 months was 49.3 per 1,000 residents and was 48.9% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Galsworthy Close (BN12 6LP), 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 | The Pallant | 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 | Possession of weapons | Coleridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Boxgrove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coleridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coleridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | 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 |
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