Total Crime Rate

257.5 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 257.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 71.9 10/10
  • Public order 29.9 10/10
  • Drugs 24.0 10/10
  • Burglary 18.0 10/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Other theft 6.0 5/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Marine View area has the 24th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 94th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Marine View (BN2 0HG) in the last 12 months was 257.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (β‰ˆ 113.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 850.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 490.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marine View (BN2 0HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 266 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (71 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Marine View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor 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 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Upper Rock Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Place β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Rock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Rock Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sussex Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Dorset Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ardingly Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ardingly Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Rock Gardens β€”

Data Sources

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