Total Crime Rate
61.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Stanford Avenue area has the 40th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 387th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stanford Avenue (BN1 6EA) in the last 12 months was 61.9 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the Hollingdean & Fiveways average (73.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -81.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 125.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanford Avenue (BN1 6EA), the main crime hotspot is near Beaconsfield Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hollingdean & Fiveways| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Winchester Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Winchester Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrews Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ditchling Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gerard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Other theft | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grantham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shaftesbury Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cleveland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | London Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
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