Total Crime Rate
14.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Redhill Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Patcham & Hollingbury , and the 80th lowest 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 Redhill Close (BN1 5FJ) in the last 12 months was 14.9 per 1,000 residents and was 81.0% lower than the Patcham & Hollingbury average (78.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Redhill Close (BN1 5FJ), the main crime hotspot is near Gatton Park Lane. Police recorded 11 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Westdene & Hove Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatton Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bankside | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Redhill Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatton Park Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatton Park Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gatton Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mill Rise | Under investigation |
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