Total Crime Rate

56.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ditchling Road area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 355th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ditchling Road (BN1 6JF) in the last 12 months was 56.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Hollingdean & Fiveways average (73.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ditchling Road (BN1 6JF), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ditchling Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Stanmer Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Florence Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Florence Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Florence Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stanmer Park Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Hollingbury Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Florence Place —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Adams Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adams Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingbury Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingbury Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cleveland Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Andrews Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Stanmer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Cleveland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Grantham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ditchling Gardens —
Sep 2025Other theft Ditchling Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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