Crime Rates at Western Road, Brighton, BN1 2AB

Western Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 284th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Western Road (BN1 2AB) in the last 12 months was 95.0 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% lower than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Western Road (BN1 2AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 255 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sillwood Street (70 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.