Total Crime Rate

4936.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 4936.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 1273.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 984.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 626.3 10/10
  • Public order 484.2 10/10
  • Other crime 373.7 10/10
  • Other theft 305.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 168.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 168.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 163.2 10/10
  • Drugs 110.5 10/10
  • Burglary 94.7 10/10
  • Robbery 84.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 57.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 42.1 10/10
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

Kings Road area has the highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Kings Road (BN1 2FW) in the last 12 months was 4936.8 per 1,000 residents and was 4483.0% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 242 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 8 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 26.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -49.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 303 (≈ 1594.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kings Road (BN1 2FW), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 495 crimes here, including 296 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/214)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Spring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Marlborough Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Marlborough Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Spring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Spring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Spring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Spring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyce'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Spring Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Spring Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Spring Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spring Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Boyce'S Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyce'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Boyce'S Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Middle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Middle Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Middle Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Theft from the person Middle Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boyce'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Boyce'S Street —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Boyce'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyce'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Boyce'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Boyce'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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