Crime Rates at Coventry Street, Brighton, BN1 5PP

Coventry Street area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 11th 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 Coventry Street (BN1 5PP) in the last 12 months was 5.9 per 1,000 residents and was 92.0% lower than the Hollingdean & Fiveways average (73.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coventry Street (BN1 5PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Preston Road, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.