Crime Rates at Upper Brighton Road, Worthing, BN14 9JB

Upper Brighton Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 113th 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 Upper Brighton Road (BN14 9JB) in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 66.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Brighton Road (BN14 9JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lyons Way, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Downlands Gardens (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.