Total Crime Rate
231.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
91.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Connaught Mews area has the 8th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 96th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Connaught Mews (BN2 3DH) in the last 12 months was 231.4 per 1,000 residents and was 318.9% higher than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (55.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 91.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Connaught Mews (BN2 3DH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 170 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollingdean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hollingdean Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hollingdean Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Caledonian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Magdalene Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbourne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Melbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Melbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Picton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Martin'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Freehold Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | — |
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