Total Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tarring Gate area has the 10th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Castle , and the 56th 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 Tarring Gate (BN14 7NJ) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.9% higher 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 67.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tarring Gate (BN14 7NJ), 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.
View Crime In Castle| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rectory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vestry Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haynes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glebe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rectory Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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