Total Crime Rate
1463.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
983.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eastern Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 10th highest crime rate of 805 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 Eastern Road (BN2 0AE) in the last 12 months was 1463.4 per 1,000 residents and was 434.6% higher than the Kemptown average (273.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 178 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 242 (≈ 983.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eastern Road (BN2 0AE), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 325 crimes here, including 220 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 | Burglary | Bloomsbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Telegraph Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Eastern Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Telegraph Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Evelyn Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sudeley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Millfield Cottages | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Millfield Cottages | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turton Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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