Total Crime Rate
95.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Norfolk 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 Norfolk Road (BN1 3AA) 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 Norfolk Road (BN1 3AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 255 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stone Street (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brunswick & Adelaide| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Oriental Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Montpelier Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Montpelier Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Norfolk Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Norfolk Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sillwood Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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