Total Crime Rate

2494.2 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 2494.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 944.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 517.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 308.6 10/10
  • Public order 185.6 10/10
  • Other theft 148.5 10/10
  • Drugs 71.9 10/10
  • Robbery 67.3 10/10
  • Theft from the person 67.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 53.4 10/10
  • Burglary 32.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 32.5 10/10
  • Other crime 27.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 23.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.9 9/10
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 highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 5th 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 1RF) in the last 12 months was 2494.2 per 1,000 residents and was 633.0% 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 407 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 6 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 107.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 346 (≈ 802.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 50.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James'S Street (BN2 1RF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 866 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (229 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 (30/206)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Circus Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Pool Valley Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pool Valley Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pool Valley Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Aquarium Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Aquarium Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aquarium Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Steine Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Steine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Steine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Steine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Steine Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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