Total Crime Rate

15.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

3.0 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 15.0 1/10
  • Violent crimes 3.0 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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 Park Avenue area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 81st lowest 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 Hollingbury Park Avenue (BN1 7JP) in the last 12 months was 15.0 per 1,000 residents and was 77.6% lower 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 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hollingbury Park Avenue (BN1 7JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Golf Drive, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ditchling Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hollingbury Park Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ditchling Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hollingdean Terrace
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Ditchling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stanmer Park Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ditchling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hollingbury Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hollingbury Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ditchling Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Dover Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Hollingdean Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Hollingdean Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hollingbury Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Ditchling Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Golf Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sandgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sandgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Adams Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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