Total Crime Rate

113.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 113.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 31.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Burglary 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forest Barn Mews area has the 13th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Castle , and the 80th highest crime rate of 346 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 Forest Barn Mews (BN13 3FD) in the last 12 months was 113.0 per 1,000 residents and was 17.2% higher than the Castle average (96.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Barn Mews (BN13 3FD), the main crime hotspot is near Buttercup Row. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Barn Mews area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buttercup Row Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sunflower Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Buttercup Row —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Buttercup Row —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Primrose Place —
Apr 2026Drugs Sunflower Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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