Total Crime Rate
635.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rowlands 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.
View Crime In Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Park Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Byron Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Southey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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