Crime · Worthing

Reported crime in Worthing

Name: Worthing crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

11,787 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 103 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

11,787

Rate / 1,000

103

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,541	30%
Anti social behaviour	2,338	20%
Shoplifting	1,908	16%
Public order	1,059	9%
Criminal damage and arson	794	7%
Other theft	513	4%
Vehicle crime	405	3%
Drugs	318	3%
Other crime	217	2%
Burglary	208	2%
Possession of weapons	150	1%
Robbery	148	1%
Bicycle theft	147	1%
Theft from the person	41	0%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	283	282	266	255	284	271	326	315	291	322	307	339	3541
Anti social behaviour	197	141	157	105	128	178	211	234	262	233	243	249	2338
Shoplifting	171	150	184	207	174	137	142	119	119	119	164	222	1908
Public order	72	72	70	94	88	66	85	77	121	104	80	130	1059
Criminal damage and arson	75	62	64	49	55	57	92	67	65	70	84	54	794
Other theft	35	45	32	46	36	38	57	37	49	41	50	47	513
Vehicle crime	57	40	29	22	21	38	19	36	31	30	36	46	405
Drugs	29	31	26	20	29	21	26	22	25	20	27	42	318
Other crime	17	18	20	9	23	21	23	18	16	20	21	11	217
Burglary	25	21	26	14	11	20	13	11	23	19	10	15	208
Possession of weapons	11	13	9	16	12	18	8	12	16	17	10	8	150
Robbery	18	8	14	20	5	9	13	8	13	11	13	16	148
Bicycle theft	15	14	23	10	16	14	11	9	11	6	10	8	147
Theft from the person	2	1	4	2	1	2	8	3	3	7	5	3	41
Total	1007	898	924	869	883	890	1034	968	1045	1019	1060	1190	11787

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Worthing, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 114,652.