Total Crime Rate
235.7 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mount 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Kemptown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Elmore Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper St James'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marine Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marine Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marine Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marine Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marine Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper St James'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper St James'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Upper St James'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Upper St James'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper St James'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper St James'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Thames Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper St James'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper St James'S Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cavendish Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St James'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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