Postcode · Worthing
Crime in BN14 9FA
How much crime is recorded in BN14 9FA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Broadwater West
- Council
- Worthing
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,565 (2024)
BN14 9FAWorthing
How safe is BN14 9FA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN14 9FA 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
16.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
98
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 9FANational
Shoplifting52.18.4
Violence and sexual offences11.723.6
Public order11.24.6
Anti-social behaviour8.010.7
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Burglary3.19.1
Other theft2.64.5
Robbery2.11.4
Other crime1.41.5
Vehicle crime1.33.5
Drugs1.22.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.01.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 40% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.