Total Crime Rate

216.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 216.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 65.7 10/10
  • Burglary 14.1 9/10
  • Other theft 9.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hampshire Court area has the 29th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 111th highest crime rate of 815 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 1LN) in the last 12 months was 216.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.5% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 108.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 76.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 341.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hampshire Court (BN2 1LN), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 266 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hampshire Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/129)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Leicester Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Southdown Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Southdown Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tillstone Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Upper Bedford Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lavender Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lavender Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montague Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Veronica Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hereford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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