Total Crime Rate

690.7 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 690.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 288.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 185.6 10/10
  • Public order 61.9 10/10
  • Other theft 51.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 41.2 10/10
  • Robbery 30.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.3 9/10
  • Burglary 10.3 9/10
  • 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
  • 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

Kingscote Way area has the 14th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 25th 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 Kingscote Way (BN1 4HA) in the last 12 months was 690.7 per 1,000 residents and was 541.2% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 278.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kingscote Way (BN1 4HA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 786 crimes here, including 98 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kingscote Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Marshalls Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Over Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting London Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting London Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sydney Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stanley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Marshalls Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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