Crime Rates at Upper St James's Street, Brighton, BN2 1JN

Upper St James'S Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 87th 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 Upper St James'S Street (BN2 1JN) in the last 12 months was 284.7 per 1,000 residents and was 16.3% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 142.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper St James'S Street (BN2 1JN), the main crime hotspot is near Charlotte Street. Police recorded 110 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.