Total Crime Rate
171.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Eastcourt Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 44th 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 Eastcourt Road (BN14 7DA) in the last 12 months was 171.2 per 1,000 residents and was 38.5% lower than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 82.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastcourt Road (BN14 7DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 171 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Teville Place (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwater Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westbourne Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southcourt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Westcourt Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orme Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centrecourt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Broadwater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northcourt Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northcourt Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Langton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Broadwater Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Teville Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teville Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Normandy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teville Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Teville Place | — |
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