Total Crime Rate

1559.5 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 1559.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 735.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 277.5 10/10
  • Public order 171.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 163.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.5 10/10
  • Drugs 44.1 10/10
  • Other theft 39.7 10/10
  • Burglary 22.0 10/10
  • Robbery 22.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 17.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
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

St James'S Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 12th 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 St James'S Street (BN2 1RB) in the last 12 months was 1559.5 per 1,000 residents and was 358.3% higher than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 167 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 108 (≈ 475.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James'S Street (BN2 1RB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 866 crimes here, including 182 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St James'S Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/177)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Steine —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Steine Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thames Close —
Sep 2025Public order Steine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Thames Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlingworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlingworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broad Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Broad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Broad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broad Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Aquarium Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Steine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aquarium Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Steine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Steine Mews —
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Steine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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