Total Crime Rate

165.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 165.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.1 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.1 10/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lynchet Close area has the 10th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 154th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lynchet Close (BN1 7FP) in the last 12 months was 165.7 per 1,000 residents and was 125.8% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 87.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lynchet Close (BN1 7FP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lynchet Close, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tavistock Down (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lynchet Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynchet Down Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynchet Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lynchet Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shenfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shenfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Down Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Down Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Down Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tavistock Down Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Romsey Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Lambourne Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Uplands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melrose Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Lynchet Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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