Total Crime Rate

100.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 100.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 47.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 1.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ditchling Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 265th 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 Ditchling Road (BN1 4SD) in the last 12 months was 100.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.5% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ditchling Road (BN1 4SD), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ditchling Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/193)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marshalls Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mayflower Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Waterloo Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Waterloo Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Waterloo Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ann Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ann Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ann Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ann Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Ann Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ann Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Ann Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ann Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mayflower Square —
Apr 2026Drugs Belmont Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson York Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson York Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Lorne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Rose Hill Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Malthouse Lane —
Apr 2026Theft from the person Baker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Kingsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Kingsbury Road —
Apr 2026Public order York Hill Under investigation
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Data Sources

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