Total Crime Rate

500.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 500.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 132.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 93.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.6 10/10
  • Public order 68.6 10/10
  • Drugs 39.2 10/10
  • Other crime 34.3 10/10
  • Other theft 19.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.8 9/10
  • Burglary 9.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Robbery 4.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Upper North Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 42nd 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 Upper North Street (BN1 3FH) in the last 12 months was 500.0 per 1,000 residents and was 364.2% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 205.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper North Street (BN1 3FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 251 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Upper North Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Montpelier Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Margaret'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Street
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clarence Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensbury Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensbury Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensbury Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensbury Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Regency Road
Sep 2025Theft from the person Clarence Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clarence Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montpelier Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Preston Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clarence Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Square
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Square

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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