Postcode · Worthing
Crime in BN12 5FD
How much crime is recorded in BN12 5FD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ferring & Kingston Gorse
- Council
- Arun
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,472 (2024)
BN12 5FDWorthing
How safe is BN12 5FD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN12 5FD 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
16.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
49
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 5FDNational
Shoplifting12.18.4
Violence and sexual offences10.123.6
Anti-social behaviour7.710.7
Public order6.94.6
Burglary6.29.1
Vehicle crime3.13.5
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Other theft1.74.5
Drugs1.32.4
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Other crime0.41.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 35% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.