Crime Rates at Stone Street, Brighton, BN1 2HB

Stone Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 55th highest crime rate of 805 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 Stone Street (BN1 2HB) in the last 12 months was 364.7 per 1,000 residents and was 313.9% higher than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 120.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stone Street (BN1 2HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 299 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (113 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.