Total Crime Rate

157.0 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 157.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 68.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.5 9/10
  • Other theft 20.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Public order 17.1 9/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Burstead Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 164th 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 Burstead Close (BN1 7HT) in the last 12 months was 157.0 per 1,000 residents and was 114.0% higher than the Hollingdean & Fiveways average (73.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 102.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burstead Close (BN1 7HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hutton Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Golf Drive (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Burstead Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Golf Drive —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Golf Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hutton Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Golf Drive —
Sep 2025Drugs Hollingbury Rise West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stanmer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Golf Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Golf Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shenfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shenfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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