Total Crime Rate

97.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.2 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 40.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.7 8/10
  • Other theft 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 1.2 1/10
  • Robbery 1.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Grand Parade area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 270th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grand Parade (BN2 2QB) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% lower 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grand Parade (BN2 2QB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 463 crimes here, including 76 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grand Parade area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/146)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grand Parade —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grand Parade —
Apr 2026Public order Trafalgar Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Trafalgar Court Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Richmond Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pelham Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Sydney Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ivory Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newhaven Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grand Parade —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grand Parade —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grand Parade —
Apr 2026Public order Richmond Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Grand Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Grand Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Grand Parade Under investigation
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 2026Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour John Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson John Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kensington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Trafalgar Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richmond Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tidy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Redcross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Whitecross Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blenheim Place —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Blenheim Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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