Crime Rates at St Nicholas Road, Brighton, BN1 3LP

St Nicholas Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 142nd highest crime rate of 815 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 175.1 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Nicholas Road (BN1 3LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Square, where police recorded 247 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (95 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.