Total Crime Rate
25.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vine Place area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Preston Park , and the 170th lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vine Place (BN1 3HE) in the last 12 months was 25.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.1% lower 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 Violent crimes with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vine Place (BN1 3HE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 273 crimes here, including 113 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Regency| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clarence Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clarence Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Clarence Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clarence Square | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Russell Square | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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