Total Crime Rate
407.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
172.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hampshire Court area has the 12th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 48th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hampshire Court (BN2 1JF) in the last 12 months was 407.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.7% higher than the Kemptown average (273.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 172.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hampshire Court (BN2 1JF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 292 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kemptown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Atlingworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mount Pleasant | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Rock Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A259 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A259 | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A259 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atlingworth Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Atlingworth Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | College Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bedford Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mount Pleasant | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thames Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlotte Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Mary'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Mary'S Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Rock Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Rock Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rock Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Avenue | — |
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