Total Crime Rate

636.1 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 636.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 205.7 10/10
  • Public order 91.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 76.0 10/10
  • Other theft 66.5 10/10
  • Drugs 41.1 10/10
  • Other crime 28.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.3 10/10
  • Burglary 19.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 19.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.8 10/10
  • Robbery 15.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 12.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 6.3 4/10
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

Carlton Hill area has the 7th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 30th 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 Carlton Hill (BN2 2GW) in the last 12 months was 636.1 per 1,000 residents and was 86.9% higher 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 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 104 (≈ 329.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 226.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Carlton Hill (BN2 2GW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 266 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (71 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Carlton Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Steine Mews
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Upper Rock Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rock Place
Sep 2025Drugs Rock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlingworth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Scotland Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Rock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Rock Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Rock Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Rock Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lower Rock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Rock Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Rock Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Atlingworth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lower Rock Gardens
Sep 2025Public order Lavender Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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