Total Crime Rate

35.4 per 1,000 4/10 Β· Low

All offences Β· 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 35.4 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bridge Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 123rd lowest crime rate of 349 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 Bridge Road (BN14 7BS) in the last 12 months was 35.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.8% lower than the Broadwater average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (β‰ˆ 20.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bridge Road (BN14 7BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 171 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lennox Road (45 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
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southcourt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northcourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lennox Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Teville Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Teville Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lennox Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westcourt Place β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadwater Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wenban Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northcourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Teville Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northcourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northcourt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadwater Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Broadwater Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Broadwater Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westbourne Avenue β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Christchurch Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket β€”

Data Sources

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