AN investigation today reveals the most crime-ridden streets in Worthing.
Police figures show which parts of the city have the highest number of crime reports.
The statistics cover more than 850 roads during the period from September 2017 to August this year.
Here are the 30 places with the highest levels of crime.
20) Shelley Road | Crime reports: 44
21) Teville Road | Crime reports: 43
22) Collingwood Road | Crime reports: 42
23) Mill Road | Crime reports: 42
24) Crescent Road | Crime reports: 39
25) Merton Road | Crime reports: 39
26) Priory Close | Crime reports: 39
27) Rowlands Road | Crime reports: 38
28) Railway Approach | Crime reports: 37
29) St Elmo Road | Crime reports: 36
30) West Street | Crime reports: 36
Chief Inspector Miles Ockwell, district commander for Worthing, said: “Total crime numbers are obviously an important indicator and I take this opportunity to point out that total crime has fallen across Worthing and Adur by 1.7 per cent since April this year. However, what these figures don’t reflect is the difference types of crime, specifically their level of seriousness.
“We also need to bear in mind that there are some offences where we want increased reporting – not because we want more crime, but because we know that historically we haven’t seen the whole picture, in areas including hate crime, domestic abuse and human trafficking and others, the so called ‘hidden crimes’.
“We continually review what we understand about levels of crime and disorder across Worthing, based on reported crime numbers but also on intelligence reports and analysis. Data such as this helps us to direct our resources to those areas where we need to be proactively patrolling.
“Where we identify a problem, we work with partners, taking a problem-solving approach to try and tackle the root causes and achieve long-term improvements.”
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