Total Crime Rate

116.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 116.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.0 9/10
  • Drugs 18.7 10/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

St Georges Road area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 237th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Georges Road (BN2 1EA) in the last 12 months was 116.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.9% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Georges Road (BN2 1EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hereford Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Georges Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bedford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Bloomsbury Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Telegraph Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Place —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bloomsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Burlington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burlington Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clarendon Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St George'S Terrace —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bristol Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Road —
Sep 2025Robbery College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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