Postcode · Worthing
Crime in BN14 8DB
How much crime is recorded in BN14 8DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadwater East
- Council
- Worthing
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,512 (2024)
BN14 8DBWorthing
How safe is BN14 8DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN14 8DB area, broadly in line with 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
29.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
80
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 8DBNational
Violence and sexual offences23.023.6
Anti-social behaviour18.510.7
Criminal damage and arson10.54.7
Shoplifting7.58.4
Public order6.44.6
Burglary5.99.1
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Other theft2.44.5
Possession of weapons2.00.9
Drugs1.92.4
Bicycle theft1.51.0
Other crime1.11.5
Theft from the person0.82.1
Robbery0.21.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 20% 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.