Total Crime Rate

54.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 54.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Picton Street area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 344th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Picton Street (BN2 3AP) in the last 12 months was 54.7 per 1,000 residents and was 13.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Picton Street (BN2 3AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Inverness Road (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Picton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Franklin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aberdeen Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Aberdeen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cobden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Edinburgh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Baxter Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Fairlight Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leonard'S Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Baxter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Inverness Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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