Total Crime Rate

86.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.2 10/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Burglary 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
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

Chichester Place area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 318th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chichester Place (BN2 1FE) in the last 12 months was 86.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.7% lower than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chichester Place (BN2 1FE), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 371 crimes here, including 274 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chichester Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Eaton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chadborn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Sudeley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Upper Sudeley Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chadborn Close
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Church Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Belgrave Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belgrave Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Belgrave Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Belgrave Place
Sep 2025Drugs Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Turton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turton Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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