Total Crime Rate
58.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stanley Road area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 371st 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 Stanley Road (BN1 4NJ) in the last 12 months was 58.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.2% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanley Road (BN1 4NJ), 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.
View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Marshalls Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Campbell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Marshalls Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marshalls Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marshalls Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marshalls Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marshalls Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marshalls Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Baker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | York Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kingsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchester Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Baker Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Francis Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shaftesbury Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fleet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Fleet Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
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