Total Crime Rate

46.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 46.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.4 4/10
  • Burglary 11.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.7 9/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Marine Parade area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 299th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Marine Parade (BN2 1AX) in the last 12 months was 46.3 per 1,000 residents and was 86.4% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Marine Parade (BN2 1AX), the main crime hotspot is near Charlotte Street. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Marine Parade area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper St James'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Marine Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marine Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
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 —
Sep 2025Other crime Charlotte Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Charlotte Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Portland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper St James'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bloomsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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