Total Crime Rate
203.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 34th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 119th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (BN2 1RP) in the last 12 months was 203.5 per 1,000 residents and was 40.2% lower than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (BN2 1RP), 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.
View Crime In Kemptown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ardingly Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardingly Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Circus Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Circus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Circus Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Circus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Circus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Circus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Rock Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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