Total Crime Rate

225.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 225.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 71.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.5 9/10
  • Public order 40.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Other crime 10.2 9/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • 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.
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Crime overview

Dominion Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 31st highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dominion Road (BN14 8JZ) in the last 12 months was 225.9 per 1,000 residents and was 233.6% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -66.7% 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 43 (≈ 109.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dominion Road (BN14 8JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B2223, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chesswood Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dominion Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Selborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2223 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chesswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chesswood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hazelwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Selborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2223 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2223 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2223 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2223 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting B2223 Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery B2223 Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B2223 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thackeray Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thackeray Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesswood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2223 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chesswood Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesswood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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