Total Crime Rate
25.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dyke 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| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B2066 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper North Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | North Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dean Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Upper North Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | B2121 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Buckingham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vernon Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Terrace | — |
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