Total Crime Rate

365.0 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 365.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 135.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 92.5 10/10
  • Public order 32.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.0 10/10
  • Other theft 25.0 10/10
  • Burglary 17.5 10/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cheltenham Place area has the 24th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 67th 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 Cheltenham Place (BN1 4AB) in the last 12 months was 365.0 per 1,000 residents and was 238.8% 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 68.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 170.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheltenham Place (BN1 4AB), the main crime hotspot is near New Road. Police recorded 377 crimes here, including 117 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheltenham Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Road
Sep 2025Public order New Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order New Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs New Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Upper Gardner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Waterloo Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Waterloo Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Waterloo Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gloucester Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gloucester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation

Data Sources

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