Crime Rates at Sunflower Street, Worthing, BN13 3FP

Sunflower Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Castle , and the 38th 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 Sunflower Street (BN13 3FP) in the last 12 months was 194.6 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 82.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 295.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sunflower Street (BN13 3FP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malthouse Way (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.