Total Crime Rate

233.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

70.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 233.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 89.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 70.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.8 8/10
  • Drugs 23.4 10/10
  • Public order 23.4 10/10
  • Other theft 19.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Crown Gardens area has the 30th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 95th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Crown Gardens (BN1 3LD) in the last 12 months was 233.5 per 1,000 residents and was 143.6% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Crown Gardens (BN1 3LD), the main crime hotspot is near North Street. Police recorded 513 crimes here, including 176 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Crown Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/369)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Conference/Exhibition Centre —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Windsor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Windsor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Windsor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Grenville Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B2121 —
Apr 2026Drugs B2121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs B2121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs B2121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs B2121 Local resolution
Apr 2026Robbery B2121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Kemp Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Buckingham Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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