Crime Rates at Shaftesbury Road, Brighton, BN1 4NE

Shaftesbury Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 223rd lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shaftesbury Road (BN1 4NE) in the last 12 months was 35.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.2% lower than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shaftesbury Road (BN1 4NE), 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.