Postcode · Worthing
Crime in BN14 7AE
How much crime is recorded in BN14 7AE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadwater South
- Council
- Worthing
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,751 (2024)
BN14 7AEWorthing
How safe is BN14 7AE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN14 7AE area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
32.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
92
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).
BN14 7AENational
Violence and sexual offences25.923.6
Anti-social behaviour17.910.7
Shoplifting11.48.4
Public order10.14.6
Drugs6.22.4
Criminal damage and arson5.44.7
Other theft4.44.5
Vehicle crime4.13.5
Burglary2.99.1
Bicycle theft2.61.0
Other crime1.11.5
Theft from the person0.62.1
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 24% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.