Total Crime Rate
112.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sussex Mews area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 225th highest crime rate of 805 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 Sussex Mews (BN2 1GZ) in the last 12 months was 112.3 per 1,000 residents and was 59.0% lower than the Kemptown average (273.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sussex Mews (BN2 1GZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Percival Terrace (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kemptown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Eastern Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lewes Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Regent'S Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowring Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chichester Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sussex Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Percival Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Percival Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bristol Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sussex Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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