Total Crime Rate
429.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cheapside area has the 21st highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 47th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cheapside (BN1 4GD) in the last 12 months was 429.5 per 1,000 residents and was 348.1% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 134.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cheapside (BN1 4GD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 553 crimes here, including 103 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Hill & North Laine| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St George'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Redcross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Redcross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Redcross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St George'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Baker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Redcross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Gardner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Redcross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Redcross Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Waterloo Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foundry Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Foundry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Waterloo Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Waterloo Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St George'S Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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