Total Crime Rate

129.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 129.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Drugs 12.7 9/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Tintern Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 207th 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 Tintern Close (BN1 7EF) in the last 12 months was 129.8 per 1,000 residents and was 76.8% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 63.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tintern Close (BN1 7EF), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tintern Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freehold Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thompson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freehold Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waverley Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Adams Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Adams Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dunster Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingdean Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Southmount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Southmount —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Romsey Close —
Sep 2025Other crime Upper Hollingdean Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melrose Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Crossway —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tintern Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Tintern Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Linkway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tintern Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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