Total Crime Rate
385.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Johns Place area has the 13th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 50th 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 St Johns Place (BN2 0GR) in the last 12 months was 385.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.7% higher than the Kemptown average (273.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 144.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Place (BN2 0GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 292 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cavendish Street (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashton Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashton Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashton Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ashton Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashton Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wentworth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Rock Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lower Rock Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Steine Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Hill | — |
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