Total Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Carden Crescent area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in Patcham & Hollingbury , and the 129th lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Carden Crescent (BN1 8TQ) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 73.6% lower than the Patcham & Hollingbury average (78.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carden Crescent (BN1 8TQ), the main crime hotspot is near Birch Grove Crescent. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabtree Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tangmere Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mackie Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mackie Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birch Grove Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Birch Grove Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Birch Grove Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Denton Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Grove Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darcey Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywards Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Carden Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Carden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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