Total Crime Rate
369.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
188.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Marine Parade area has the 15th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 805 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 Marine Parade (BN2 1TL) in the last 12 months was 369.6 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 188.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Marine Parade (BN2 1TL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 488 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (185 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorset Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cavendish Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ardingly Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Steine | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Steine | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Steine | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ardingly Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ardingly Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ardingly Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorset Place | — |
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