Crime Rates at Castle Square, Brighton, BN1 1EG

Castle Square area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 4th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Square (BN1 1EG) in the last 12 months was 2977.5 per 1,000 residents and was 2664.1% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 434 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 9 cases , down -18.2% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 110.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 601 (≈ 1353.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Square (BN1 1EG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 600 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (311 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.