Crime Rates at North Road, Brighton, BN1 1YB

North Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 21st 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 North Road (BN1 1YB) in the last 12 months was 840.1 per 1,000 residents and was 776.5% 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 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 161 (≈ 408.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around North Road (BN1 1YB), the main crime hotspot is near North Street. Police recorded 513 crimes here, including 176 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.