Total Crime Rate

503.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 503.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 359.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.7 9/10
  • Public order 28.7 10/10
  • Drugs 22.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

South Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 12th 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 South Street (BN14 7LN) in the last 12 months was 503.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 113 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 95.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 222.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Street (BN14 7LN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 243 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in South Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Worthing Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pilgrims Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tarring Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haynes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tarring Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Dunstan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Worthing Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Belsize Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bradfield Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parkfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradfield Walk —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Dunstan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Pembrokes —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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