Total Crime Rate

28.4 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 28.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Upper Brighton Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 94th lowest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Brighton Road (BN14 9HT) in the last 12 months was 28.4 per 1,000 residents and was 58.1% lower than the Broadwater average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 108.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Brighton Road (BN14 9HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lamorna Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Brighton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ardsheal Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ardsheal Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lamorna Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broadwater Street West —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Broadwater Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broadwater Street West Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bramley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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