Total Crime Rate

174.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

87.4 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 174.8 9/10
  • Violent crimes 87.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 45.5 9/10
  • Public order 28.0 10/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Clarendon Place area has the 31st highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 134th 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 Clarendon Place (BN2 1JD) in the last 12 months was 174.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 87.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarendon Place (BN2 1JD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Clarendon Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bloomsbury Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bloomsbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bloomsbury Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Burlington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Burlington Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bloomsbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft College Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper Bedford Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Montague Place —
Apr 2026Other theft Abbey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Royal Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Telegraph Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stevenson Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Halfway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order College Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crescent Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Crescent Place —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bloomsbury Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Street —
Apr 2026Public order Clarendon Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bloomsbury Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Somerset Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Upper Bedford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Marine Square —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Telegraph Street —
Apr 2026Public order Upper Bedford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Southdown Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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