Total Crime Rate

235.7 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 235.7 10/10
  • Drugs 50.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.6 9/10
  • Public order 28.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Other theft 21.4 10/10
  • Other crime 14.3 10/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Robbery 7.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Mount Pleasant area has the 27th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 105th 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 Mount Pleasant (BN2 0JU) in the last 12 months was 235.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.7% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (β‰ˆ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mount Pleasant (BN2 0JU), 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 Mount Pleasant area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Elmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Marine Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marine Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marine Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marine Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper St James'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper St James'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Upper St James'S Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Upper St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street β€”
Sep 2025Burglary Thames Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Street β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Street β€”
Sep 2025Public order Cavendish Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cavendish Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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