Total Crime Rate

145.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

81.8 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 145.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 81.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.0 8/10
  • Other theft 22.3 10/10
  • Public order 14.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other crime 7.4 8/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lower Rock Gardens area has the 36th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 167th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Rock Gardens (BN2 1PG) in the last 12 months was 145.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 81.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Rock Gardens (BN2 1PG), 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 Lower Rock Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/140)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wentworth Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cavendish Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cavendish Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Cavendish Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary St Mary'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Atlingworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs St Mary'S Place Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Camelford Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St James'S Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hereford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Charlotte Street —
Apr 2026Public order Aquarium Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grosvenor Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Veronica Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Atlingworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Atlingworth Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Charlotte Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Charlotte Street —
Apr 2026Public order Charlotte Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Charlotte Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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