Total Crime Rate
160.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyndhurst Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 45th highest crime rate of 346 local areas in Worthing .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lyndhurst Road (BN11 2DE) in the last 12 months was 160.5 per 1,000 residents and was 157.4% higher than the Broadwater average (62.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 101.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyndhurst Road (BN11 2DE), the main crime hotspot is near Park Avenue. Police recorded 182 crimes here, including 148 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Worthing| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Merton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Selden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Selden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St George'S Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Merton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Farncombe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Merton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Esplanade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Esplanade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Esplanade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halsbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Farncombe Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesswood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Homefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Homefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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