Crime Rates at New Road, Brighton, BN1 1UG

New Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 6th highest crime rate of 805 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 New Road (BN1 1UG) in the last 12 months was 1666.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1638.8% 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 134 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -45.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 208 (≈ 642.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (BN1 1UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near North Street, where police recorded 513 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (203 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.