Total Crime Rate
19.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Leopold Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Preston Park , and the 110th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leopold Road (BN1 3RD) in the last 12 months was 19.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.4% lower than the Preston Park average (44.3 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 Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Leopold Road (BN1 3RD), 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.
View Crime In Preston Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Queen Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Square | — |
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