Postcode · Worthing
Crime in BN14 7LY
How much crime is recorded in BN14 7LY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadwater South
- Council
- Worthing
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,925 (2024)
BN14 7LYWorthing
How safe is BN14 7LY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN14 7LY area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
153
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 7LYNational
Shoplifting95.68.4
Violence and sexual offences14.423.6
Public order13.64.6
Anti-social behaviour9.010.7
Criminal damage and arson4.94.7
Robbery4.21.4
Other theft4.14.5
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Drugs1.42.4
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Other crime0.91.5
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Burglary0.39.1
Theft from the person0.02.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% 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.