Total Crime Rate

68.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 68.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · 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 28th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Castle , and the 141st highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around South Street (BN14 7NB) in the last 12 months was 68.9 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower than the Castle average (113.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 125.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Street (BN14 7NB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 147 crimes here, including 23 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Worthing Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Worthing Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Dunstan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Dunstan'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haynes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Glebe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bradfield Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tarring Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tarring Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradfield Walk
Sep 2025Public order Parkfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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