Total Crime Rate

174.8 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 174.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.0 10/10
  • Public order 21.0 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Burglary 7.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other crime 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Clarendon Place area has the 37th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 144th 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 Clarendon Place (BN2 1JD) in the last 12 months was 174.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 87.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarendon Place (BN2 1JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Telegraph Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clarendon Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastern Terrace Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Abbey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madeira Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Portland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Sudeley Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Telegraph Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Olivier Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Telegraph 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 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Burlington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Olivier Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Olivier Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Olivier Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Southdown Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery College Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Place
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bloomsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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