Total Crime Rate
1559.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wentworth 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 Wentworth Street (BN2 1TT) 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 Wentworth Street (BN2 1TT), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Steine Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Steine Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Steine Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | New Steine Mews | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ardingly Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorset Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| 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 | Theft from the person | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dorset Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dorset Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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