Total Crime Rate

15.8 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 15.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.5 1/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Other theft 1.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

St Lukes Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Lukes Road (BN2 2ZD) in the last 12 months was 15.8 per 1,000 residents and was 74.9% lower than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Lukes Road (BN2 2ZD), 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 St Lukes Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Islingword Place
Sep 2025Other theft Islingword Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Islingword Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stonehurst Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tower Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cobden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonehurst Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cobden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen'S Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences East Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hallett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Baxter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Baxter Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queen'S Park Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Dawson Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Stonehurst Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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