Total Crime Rate

193.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 193.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.4 8/10
  • Public order 29.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 19.4 10/10
  • Other crime 16.1 10/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Burglary 9.7 8/10
  • Drugs 9.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Steine area has the 35th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 128th 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 Old Steine (BN1 1EJ) in the last 12 months was 193.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.1% lower than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 96.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Steine (BN1 1EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 866 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (305 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Steine area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brighton Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Circus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Circus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Circus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Circus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Circus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Circus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Circus Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Circus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Circus Street —
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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