Total Crime Rate

242.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 242.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 125.5 9/10
  • Public order 32.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Robbery 12.2 9/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

St Georges Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 101st 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 St Georges Road (BN2 1ED) in the last 12 months was 242.9 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% lower than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 72.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Georges Road (BN2 1ED), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 340 crimes here, including 253 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Georges Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Upper Sudeley Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hospital
Sep 2025Public order Portland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastern Terrace Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sudeley Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bloomsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Walpole Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St George'S Terrace
Sep 2025Burglary Stevenson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madeira Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marine Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bristol Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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