Total Crime Rate
4.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Buckingham Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Preston Park , and the 9th 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 Buckingham Road (BN1 3RQ) in the last 12 months was 4.4 per 1,000 residents and was 90.1% 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , 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 Buckingham Road (BN1 3RQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 169 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Queen'S Road (64 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 | St Nicholas Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | North Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Terminus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Terminus Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | North Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | North Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Terminus Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Junction Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Frederick Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Frederick Street | Under investigation |
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