Total Crime Rate
43.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ladydell Road area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 64 local areas in Broadwater , and the 155th 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 Ladydell Road (BN11 2JS) in the last 12 months was 43.1 per 1,000 residents and was 36.4% lower than the Broadwater average (67.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ladydell Road (BN11 2JS), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alverstone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Eldon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesswood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesswood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesswood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chesswood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyndhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Selborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thackeray Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsley Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottenham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thackeray Road | Under investigation |
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