Total Crime Rate

232.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 232.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 154.8 10/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Littlehampton Road area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Offington , and the 29th 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 Littlehampton Road (BN13 1PY) in the last 12 months was 232.2 per 1,000 residents and was 389.6% higher than the Offington average (47.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Littlehampton Road (BN13 1PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chantry Road, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Littlehampton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chantry Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vineries Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stonehurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rogate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chantry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Offington Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vineries Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rogate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rogate Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somerset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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