Postcode · Worthing
Crime in BN14 8PP
How much crime is recorded in BN14 8PP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadwater East
- Council
- Worthing
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,831 (2024)
BN14 8PPWorthing
How safe is BN14 8PP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN14 8PP 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
15.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
45
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 8PPNational
Shoplifting13.48.4
Violence and sexual offences11.123.6
Burglary5.39.1
Anti-social behaviour5.010.7
Public order4.94.6
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Vehicle crime2.03.5
Other theft1.84.5
Drugs1.42.4
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Robbery0.61.4
Other crime0.41.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 6% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.