Total Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollingbury 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.
View Crime In Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ditchling Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hollingdean Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Ditchling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanmer Park Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ditchling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollingbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hollingbury Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ditchling Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dover Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hollingdean Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hollingdean Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hollingbury Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ditchling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Golf Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sandgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adams Close | Under investigation |
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