Total Crime Rate

44.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 44.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.0 6/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
  • 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

Rectory Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Offington , and the 159th lowest 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 Rectory Road (BN14 7PD) in the last 12 months was 44.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% lower than the Offington average (47.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Road (BN14 7PD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chantry Road, where police recorded 74 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rectory Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Chantry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vestry Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Way
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somerset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stonehurst Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Glebe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chantry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chantry Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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