Total Crime Rate

25.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

5.1 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 25.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 5.1 1/10
  • Burglary 5.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dyke Road 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 Dyke Road (BN1 3JS) 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 Dyke Road (BN1 3JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 224 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Regency

Crime Over Time in Dyke Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting B2066 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Regent Hill —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Regent Hill —
Apr 2026Public order Regent Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper North Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Regent Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Regent Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Regent Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Regent Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spring Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime North Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dean Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Upper North Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order North Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goldsmid Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery B2121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Buckingham Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Howard Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crown Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goldsmid Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Goldsmid Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vernon Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Melville Road —
Apr 2026Other theft Vernon Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vernon Terrace —

Data Sources

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