Total Crime Rate

1590.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

484.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1590.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 850.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 484.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 259.9 10/10
  • Public order 198.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 110.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.1 10/10
  • Drugs 35.2 10/10
  • Other theft 35.2 10/10
  • Robbery 26.4 10/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 13.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

St James'S Street area has the highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 8th 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 St James'S Street (BN2 1PA) in the last 12 months was 1590.3 per 1,000 residents and was 481.0% higher than the Kemptown average (273.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 193 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 110 (≈ 484.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James'S Street (BN2 1PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 292 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cavendish Street (83 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St James'S Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/145)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cavendish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Upper St James'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Atlingworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thames Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mount Pleasant —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mount Pleasant Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dorset Place —
Apr 2026Drugs Camelford Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Upper St James'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Charles Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Upper St James'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Upper St James'S Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences New Steine Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlton Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Carlton Place —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Carlton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James'S Street Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Charles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dorset Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tilbury Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Aquarium Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Aquarium Under investigation
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Data Sources

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