Total Crime Rate
201.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rowlands Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 35th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rowlands Road (BN11 3JN) in the last 12 months was 201.1 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% lower than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -29.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 85.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rowlands Road (BN11 3JN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 197 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gratwicke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowlands Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gratwicke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Heene Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Brunswick Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wykeham Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Richmond Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tennyson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tennyson Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Tennyson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Winchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchester Road | — |
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