Total Crime Rate

133.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 133.5 9/10
  • Shoplifting 45.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.1 7/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Rectory Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 61st 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 Rectory Road (BN14 7PW) in the last 12 months was 133.5 per 1,000 residents and was 97.2% higher than the Broadwater average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -15.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 111.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Road (BN14 7PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rectory Road, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vestry Place (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Broadwater

Crime Over Time in Rectory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vestry Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Watersfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Somerset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerset Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Glebe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Way —
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 9 of 9

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑