Total Crime Rate
6.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stuart Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 13th lowest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stuart Close (BN11 2AQ) in the last 12 months was 6.7 per 1,000 residents and was 90.1% lower than the Broadwater average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stuart Close (BN11 2AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meredith Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chesswood Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Broadwater| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alverstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thackeray Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thackeray Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hazelwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottenham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesswood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesswood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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