Total Crime Rate

92.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · 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 92.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 46.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.1 4/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Home Guard Mews area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 110th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Home Guard Mews (BN14 7FH) in the last 12 months was 92.1 per 1,000 residents and was 66.9% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 137.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Home Guard Mews (BN14 7FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lamorna Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Home Guard Mews area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broadwater Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ardsheal Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lamorna Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cortis Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ardsheal Close —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadwater Street West —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadwater Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ardsheal Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ardsheal Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order Ardsheal Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Grove Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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