Total Crime Rate
39.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dyke Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Preston Park , and the 256th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dyke Road (BN1 3RY) in the last 12 months was 39.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% lower than the Preston Park average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dyke Road (BN1 3RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Regent Hill, where police recorded 243 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (36 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Crown Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Upper North Street | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Regent Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarence Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windlesham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarence Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clarence Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clarence Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Clarence Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Clarence Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B2121 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B2121 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Crown Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | B2121 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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