Postcode · Worthing
Crime in BN14 9DB
How much crime is recorded in BN14 9DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadwater West
- Council
- Worthing
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,508 (2024)
BN14 9DBWorthing
How safe is BN14 9DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN14 9DB 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
21.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
63
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 9DBNational
Shoplifting17.28.4
Violence and sexual offences16.123.6
Anti-social behaviour8.810.7
Public order5.54.6
Other theft3.84.5
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Burglary3.29.1
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Drugs1.52.4
Robbery1.11.4
Other crime0.91.5
Bicycle theft0.91.0
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 21% 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.