The 30 most dangerous streets in Worthing revealed

AN investigation today reveals the most crime-ridden streets in Worthing.

Police figures for more than 850 roads show which parts of the town have the highest number of crime reports.

The statistics cover the period between September 2017 and August this year.

The police figures report crime as happening “on or near” a street.

They also report crimes as happening on or near places such as a hospital or supermarket and these reports would be excluded from the street results.

Here are the 30 places with the highest levels of crime.

1) Montague Place | Crime reports: 194

Montague Place, in central Worthing, has been revealed as the most dangerous road in the town.

The street is in the ward of independent councillor Jim Deen.

He said: “The town centre – my ward – is always likely to have the largest number of the most frequent crimes, antisocial behaviour, acts of violence and shoplifting for pretty obvious reasons.

“While we would all like to see crimes – particularly those involving violence – to be falling, we have to accept that with fewer police we are probably fortunate not to have seen significant increases in crime.”

2) Chapel Road | Crime reports: 126

3) Tarring Road | Crime reports: 113

4) Chatsworth Road | Crime reports:  99

5) Teville Place | Crime reports: 92

6) Montague Street | Crime reports: 87

7) The Causeway | Crime reports: 85

8) Fulbeck Way | Crime reports: 74

9) Rectory Road | Crime reports: 72

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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.”