Total Crime Rate

141.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 141.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.8 9/10
  • Public order 16.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Montpelier Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Preston Park , and the 183rd 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 Montpelier Road (BN1 3BD) in the last 12 months was 141.7 per 1,000 residents and was 219.6% higher than the Preston Park average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 70.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Montpelier Road (BN1 3BD), the main crime hotspot is near Stone Street. Police recorded 204 crimes here, including 83 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Montpelier Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/119)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hampton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Sillwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Little Preston Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampton Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Montpelier Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montpelier Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sillwood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sillwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime York Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sillwood Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sillwood Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Montpelier Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sillwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sillwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sillwood Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powis Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powis Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Upper North Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norfolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norfolk Road —
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Data Sources

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