Total Crime Rate

29.4 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 29.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.5 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Walpole Terrace area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 184th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Walpole Terrace (BN2 0ED) in the last 12 months was 29.4 per 1,000 residents and was 91.4% lower than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walpole Terrace (BN2 0ED), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 349 crimes here, including 258 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walpole Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olivier Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Olivier Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Olivier Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Olivier Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Olivier Close —
Sep 2025Public order Evelyn Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craven Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Turton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Place —
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Abbey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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