Total Crime Rate
94.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Warleigh Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 291st highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Warleigh Road (BN1 4NS) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warleigh Road (BN1 4NS), the main crime hotspot is near Florence Place. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 69 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 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grantham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rose Hill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Rose Hill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Crescent Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ditchling Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shaftesbury Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lorne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Crescent Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vere Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canterbury Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Park Crescent Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Canterbury Drive | Under investigation |
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