Postcode · Worthing
Crime in BN12 4NY
How much crime is recorded in BN12 4NY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Goring-by-Sea
- Council
- Worthing
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,535 (2024)
BN12 4NYWorthing
How safe is BN12 4NY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN12 4NY area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
50
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
BN12 4NYNational
Anti-social behaviour19.310.7
Violence and sexual offences10.723.6
Shoplifting3.78.4
Burglary3.69.1
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Public order2.94.6
Other theft2.24.5
Other crime1.41.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Robbery0.61.4
Drugs0.52.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 45% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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5
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.