Total Crime Rate
111.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queens Park Road area has the 29th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 248th highest crime rate of 815 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 Queens Park Road (BN2 2XL) in the last 12 months was 111.9 per 1,000 residents and was 77.9% higher than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Park Road (BN2 2XL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Grove, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stonehurst Court (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Baxter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glynde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Islingword Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Baxter Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pankhurst Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stonehurst Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stonehurst Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glynde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glynde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pankhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glynde Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonehurst Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlyle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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