Total Crime Rate

70.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 70.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 4/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Park Street area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 382nd highest crime rate of 815 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 Park Street (BN2 0BS) in the last 12 months was 70.6 per 1,000 residents and was 79.2% lower than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 5 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 5 (≈ 18.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Street (BN2 0BS), the main crime hotspot is near Charlotte Street. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Park Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Charlotte Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Thames Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thames Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Avenue Under investigation
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Freshfield Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marine Gardens —
Sep 2025Drugs Marine Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bedford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Telegraph Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Telegraph Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sussex Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Veronica Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marine Gardens —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bristol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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