Total Crime Rate
198.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dyke Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Preston Park , and the 124th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dyke Road (BN1 3JB) in the last 12 months was 198.4 per 1,000 residents and was 347.5% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 125.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 121.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dyke Road (BN1 3JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Regent Hill, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Preston Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Powis Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Powis Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | B2121 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B2121 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B2121 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlborough Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Marlborough Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marlborough Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michael'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Powis Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kew Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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