Postcode · Worthing
Crime in BN14 7BD
How much crime is recorded in BN14 7BD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadwater South
- Council
- Worthing
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,644 (2024)
BN14 7BDWorthing
How safe is BN14 7BD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN14 7BD area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
67
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 7BDNational
Violence and sexual offences18.923.6
Shoplifting12.78.4
Anti-social behaviour11.010.7
Public order8.94.6
Burglary4.29.1
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Vehicle crime3.63.5
Other theft2.54.5
Drugs1.42.4
Other crime1.21.5
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Robbery0.61.4
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.