Crime Rates at Shelley Road, Worthing, BN11 1XN

Shelley Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 16th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shelley Road (BN11 1XN) in the last 12 months was 415.3 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% higher than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 194.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shelley Road (BN11 1XN), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 363 crimes here, including 116 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.