Total Crime Rate

123.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

74.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 74.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Public order 17.6 9/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Sudeley Street area has the 39th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 805 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 Upper Sudeley Street (BN2 1HH) in the last 12 months was 123.4 per 1,000 residents and was 54.9% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 74.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Sudeley Street (BN2 1HH), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 349 crimes here, including 235 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Upper Sudeley Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/78)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chadborn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bowring Way —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Street —
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bloomsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bloomsbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bloomsbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bloomsbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Halfway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chadborn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chadborn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chadborn Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hospital Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Madehurst Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chichester Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Chichester Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chichester Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Madehurst Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Madehurst Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Madehurst Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eaton Place —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Seymour Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Millfield Cottages Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Millfield Cottages Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Eastern Terrace —
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Data Sources

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