Total Crime Rate

364.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

120.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 364.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 120.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 114.7 9/10
  • Public order 70.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 58.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Other theft 35.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.8 8/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Robbery 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Western Road 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 Western Road (BN1 2LA) 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 Western Road (BN1 2LA), the main crime hotspot is near Stone Street. Police recorded 192 crimes here, including 93 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Western Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/175)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sillwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sillwood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sillwood Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Norfolk Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Buildings Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft B2066 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B2066 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stone Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stone Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stone Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sillwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stone Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Preston Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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