Total Crime Rate

95.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.5 7/10
  • Drugs 12.4 9/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Norfolk 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.

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Crime Over Time in Norfolk Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Oriental Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montpelier Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montpelier Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montpelier Road —
Sep 2025Public order Norfolk Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Norfolk Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stone Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Cavendish Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sillwood Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norfolk Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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