Total Crime Rate

284.6 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 284.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 140.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Robbery 13.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.8 9/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Other crime 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 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 3LA) 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 3LA), the main crime hotspot is near Bowers Court. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 21 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Southey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brunswick Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elsie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Heene Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Thorn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Michael'S Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime St Michael'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowers Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nursery Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winchester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Winchester Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Heene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heene Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Winchester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winchester Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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