Total Crime Rate

115.5 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 115.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.5 9/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Other crime 6.1 7/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 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.
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Crime overview

Brighton Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Churchill , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 209 local areas in Adur .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brighton Road (BN15 8HT) in the last 12 months was 115.5 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% higher than the Churchill average (94.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 57.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brighton Road (BN15 8HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Yew Tree Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cecil Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brighton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beachcroft Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Yew Tree Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Grovelands Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cecil Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beachcroft Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Terrace —
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Data Sources

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