Crime Rate in South Portslade, ward

South Portslade has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 wards in Brighton and Hove district and the 1772nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 219th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in South Portslade in the last 12 months was 99.9 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Brighton and Hove district average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, South Portslade’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 308 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 5 cases , down -28.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 422 (≈ 43.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the South Portslade ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Boundary Road, with 126 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around George Williams Mews (68 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.