Total Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Michaels Place area has the 26th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Preston Park , and the 354th lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Michaels Place (BN1 3FT) in the last 12 months was 52.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% higher than the Preston Park average (43.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Michaels Place (BN1 3FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 346 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stone Street (93 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Regency| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Spring Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Powis Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spring Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B2121 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B2121 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B2121 | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B2121 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B2121 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B2121 | Under investigation |
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