Total Crime Rate

80.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

20.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 80.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.4 10/10
  • Violent crimes 20.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.2 4/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bridge Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 112th highest crime rate of 346 local areas in Worthing .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bridge Road (BN14 7BS) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.6% higher than the Broadwater average (62.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 20.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bridge Road (BN14 7BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Broadwater Road, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lennox Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ivy Arch Road
Apr 2026Public order Ivy Arch Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Newland Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Langton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Langton Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Langton Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bridge Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lennox Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lennox Road
Apr 2026Other theft Lennox Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lennox Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Northcourt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Westcourt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Teville Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Teville Place
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Teville Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Teville Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Teville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Westcourt Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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