Total Crime Rate
75.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Davey Drive area has the 34th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 343rd highest crime rate of 805 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 Davey Drive (BN1 7BE) in the last 12 months was 75.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% higher than the Hollingdean & Fiveways average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 14.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Davey Drive (BN1 7BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Inverness Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Freehold Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Freehold Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hollingdean Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hollingdean Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollingdean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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