Crime Rate in North Portslade, ward

North Portslade has the 8th lowest crime rate of 23 wards in Brighton and Hove district and the 3291st highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 465th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in North Portslade in the last 12 months was 71.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% lower than the Brighton and Hove district average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, North Portslade’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 233 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -29.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 286 (≈ 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the North Portslade ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 120 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Wickhurst Rise (11 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.