Total Crime Rate

635.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 635.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 459.1 10/10
  • Public order 75.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.0 8/10
  • Other theft 15.7 9/10
  • Robbery 12.6 9/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Rowlands Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 6th highest crime rate of 349 local areas in Worthing .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rowlands Road (BN11 3JS) in the last 12 months was 635.2 per 1,000 residents and was 128.2% higher than the Central average (278.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 146 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 128.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 274.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rowlands Road (BN11 3JS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Rowlands Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gratwicke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmond Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Park Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Crescent —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byron Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Byron Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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