Total Crime Rate

102.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 102.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.0 6/10
  • Drugs 9.4 8/10
  • Other theft 9.4 7/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

King Edward Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 98th 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 King Edward Avenue (BN14 8DG) in the last 12 months was 102.8 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% higher than the Broadwater average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 128.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around King Edward Avenue (BN14 8DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near King Edward Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marston Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in King Edward Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs King Edward Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Tower Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Station Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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