Total Crime Rate

212.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.8 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 212.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 97.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 70.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.2 9/10
  • Public order 32.6 10/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 16.3 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Upper Rock Gardens area has the 25th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 805 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 Rock Gardens (BN2 1QE) in the last 12 months was 212.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.6% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 97.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Rock Gardens (BN2 1QE), 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 Upper Rock Gardens area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/147)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Freshfield Place —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Street —
Apr 2026Public order Dorset Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Thames Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Street —
Apr 2026Public order Lennox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cavendish Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Cavendish Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cavendish Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Cavendish Street Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanley Street —
Apr 2026Robbery Cavendish Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Charlotte Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Steine —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charlotte Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Charlotte Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Charlotte Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Charlotte Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Egremont Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Charlotte Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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