Total Crime Rate

111.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 111.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.0 9/10
  • Drugs 18.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.5 9/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.5 2/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
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

Queens 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.

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Crime Over Time in Queens Park Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Baxter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glynde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clayton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Islingword Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Baxter Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pankhurst Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stonehurst Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stonehurst Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glynde Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glynde Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glynde Road —
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonehurst Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hallett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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