Total Crime Rate

123.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.8 8/10
  • Other theft 18.2 9/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 1.1 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Beatty Avenue area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beatty Avenue (BN1 9EP) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (107.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beatty Avenue (BN1 9EP), the main crime hotspot is near Coldean Lane. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Coldean & Stanmer

Crime Over Time in Beatty Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beatty Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coldean Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rusper Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Coldean Lane —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Coldean Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Coldean Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Coldean Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coldean Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coldean Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coldean Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coldean Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Coldean Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Saunders Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crawley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 14 of 14

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑