Total Crime Rate

86.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 86.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 9.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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 30th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 316th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ditchling Road (BN1 6JG) in the last 12 months was 86.2 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ditchling Road (BN1 6JG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hollingdean Terrace (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ditchling Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingbury Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stanmer Park Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Ditchling Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ditchling Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Stanmer Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cleveland Road —
Sep 2025Public order Ashford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingbury Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Adams Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adams Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Stanmer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hollingbury Rise West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hollingbury Park Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Cleveland Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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