Total Crime Rate

351.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 351.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 93.3 10/10
  • Drugs 75.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.1 10/10
  • Public order 44.4 10/10
  • Other theft 22.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.3 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.9 9/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Freshfield Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 68th 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 Freshfield Road (BN2 0BJ) in the last 12 months was 351.1 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% higher than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 146.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 203.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Freshfield Road (BN2 0BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hereford Street. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Freshfield Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/52)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Essex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Essex Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Clarendon Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Olivier Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Olivier Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Stevenson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Telegraph Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Telegraph Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olivier Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Olivier Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St George'S Terrace —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Southdown Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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