Total Crime Rate

49.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

29.9 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 49.8 5/10
  • Violent crimes 29.9 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hollingbury Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 339th lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hollingbury Road (BN1 7JB) in the last 12 months was 49.8 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% lower than the Hollingdean & Fiveways average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 12.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hollingbury Road (BN1 7JB), the main crime hotspot is near Florence Place. Police recorded 99 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hollingbury Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Edburton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Adams Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hollingbury Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hollingbury Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stanmer Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ditchling Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ditchling Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ditchling Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ditchling Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Ditchling Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Edburton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ditchling Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grantham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Ditchling Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ditchling Gardens —
Apr 2026Public order St Andrews Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ditchling Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper Hollingdean Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper Hollingdean Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ditchling Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Florence Place —
Apr 2026Drugs Florence Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Florence Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Florence Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Florence Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Southdown Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Edburton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hollingbury Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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