Total Crime Rate

465.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026

Violent Crime Rate

176.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

Apr 2025 - Mar 2026
Latest update: 03.05.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 465.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 176.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 102.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.1 10/10
  • Public order 78.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 58.8 8/10
  • Drugs 49.0 10/10
  • Other crime 24.5 10/10
  • Other theft 24.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.8 9/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Robbery 4.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Apr 2025 - Mar 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper North Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 40th highest crime rate of 804 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 465.7 per 1,000 residents and was 382.1% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (96.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 176.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.2% 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 281 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (106 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
Mar 2026Drugs Mount Zion Place Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Mar 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Under investigation
Mar 2026Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Under investigation
Mar 2026Robbery Russell Square Under investigation
Mar 2026Burglary Russell Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Anti-social behaviour Russell Square
Mar 2026Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Mar 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Possession of weapons Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Mar 2026Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Other crime Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Mar 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Mar 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Mar 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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