Total Crime Rate
113.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Worthing Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 109th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Worthing Road (NR32 4HA) in the last 12 months was 113.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.0% lower than the Harbour & Normanston average (167.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Worthing Road (NR32 4HA), the main crime hotspot is near Sussex Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kelly-Pain Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sussex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tethys Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Royal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Royal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Margaret'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Worthing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
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