Crime Rates at Highview Road, Brighton, BN1 8WT

Highview Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in Patcham & Hollingbury , and the 364th highest 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 Highview Road (BN1 8WT) in the last 12 months was 68.7 per 1,000 residents and was 12.7% lower than the Patcham & Hollingbury average (78.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highview Road (BN1 8WT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Church Hill (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.