Total Crime Rate

340.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

153.6 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 340.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 153.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 59.9 10/10
  • Public order 41.2 10/10
  • Drugs 30.0 10/10
  • Other theft 30.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.2 10/10
  • Burglary 15.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 11.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Robbery 7.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.5 8/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

St James'S Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 62nd 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 St James'S Street (BN2 1TH) in the last 12 months was 340.8 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 153.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St James'S Street (BN2 1TH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 488 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (218 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 (30/181)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pool Valley Coach Station —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Grand Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grand Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grand Parade 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 2026Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Steine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Grand Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Steine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Steine Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Steine Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Steine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Charles Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Charles Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Grand Parade Mews Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Grand Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Grand Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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