Total Crime Rate

897.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 897.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 598.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.5 10/10
  • Public order 88.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Robbery 14.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.4 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.7 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Buckingham Place area has the highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Preston Park , and the 19th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Buckingham Place (BN1 3TD) in the last 12 months was 897.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1923.9% higher than the Preston Park average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 128 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 196.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buckingham Place (BN1 3TD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 186 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Buckingham Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Shoreham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Belmont Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vernon Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powis Grove —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powis Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Windlesham Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windlesham Gardens —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B2121 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Howard Terrace —
Sep 2025Other theft B2121 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B2121 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2121 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2121 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B2121 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windlesham Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Montpelier Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vernon Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belmont —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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