Crime Statistics for Broadwater, Worthing, West Sussex, 2024

Crime statistics for Broadwater, Worthing

There were a total of 472 street level crime incidents in Broadwater in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Broadwater, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime155
Shoplifting112
Anti Social Behaviour50
Criminal Damage Arson35
Public Order34
Other Theft23
Vehicle Crime20
Drugs14
Bicycle Theft8
Burglary7
Other Crime4
Robbery4
Possession Of Weapons3
Theft From The Person3
All Crime472

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Broadwater. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Broadwater

We've taken the ten nearest places to Broadwater and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Broadwater has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Broadwater472
Salvington (0.88 miles)274
Durrington-on-Sea Sta (1.39 miles)270
West Durrington (1.99 miles)184
North Lancing (2.55 miles)170
Goring-by-Sea (1.96 miles)167
Lancing (2.48 miles)150
South Lancing (2.48 miles)150
Findon Valley (1.39 miles)141
Beggars Bush (2.24 miles)2

12.9%
of Gaisford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Broadwater?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Broadwater and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Broadwater155
Salvington79
Durrington-on-Sea Sta72
North Lancing54
Goring-by-Sea53
West Durrington52
Lancing47
South Lancing47
Findon Valley46
Beggars Bush2

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Broadwater?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Broadwater to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Broadwater compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Broadwater and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Broadwater is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1Central76
2Heene45
3Gaisford43
4Castle40
5Peverel32
6Selden30
7Tarring26
8Broadwater25
9Salvington23
10Durrington20
11Marine13

Which road in Broadwater has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Broadwater with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around South Farm Road.

Last updated: January 2024
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