Total Crime Rate
1246.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
724.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dukes Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 15th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dukes Lane (BN1 1BG) in the last 12 months was 1246.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1200.3% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 724.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dukes Lane (BN1 1BG), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 875 crimes here, including 462 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Nightclub | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranbourne Sreet | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbourne Sreet | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cranbourne Sreet | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranbourne Sreet | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Grenville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brighton Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | South Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | South Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Duke Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Yard | Under investigation |
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