Crime Rates at Rowlands Road, Worthing, BN11 3JX

Rowlands Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Central , and the 24th 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 3JX) in the last 12 months was 284.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.2% 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 81.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rowlands Road (BN11 3JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bowers Court, where police recorded 86 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Byron Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.