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

St Nicholas Road 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 St Nicholas Road (BN1 3LP) 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 St Nicholas Road (BN1 3LP), 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.

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Crime Over Time in St Nicholas Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/250)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frederick Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Frederick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs B2121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs B2121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour B2121 —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Powis Grove —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Frederick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Frederick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Frederick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Frederick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Frederick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Frederick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs B2121 Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Frederick Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frederick Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frederick Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frederick Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Frederick Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Windsor Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Windsor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Windsor Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs B2121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery B2121 Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Windsor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarence Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Terminus Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Terminus Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Duke Street —
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Data Sources

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