Total Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Carisbrooke Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 319th 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 Carisbrooke Road (BN2 3EF) in the last 12 months was 84.9 per 1,000 residents and was 34.9% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 51.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carisbrooke Road (BN2 3EF), the main crime hotspot is near Firle Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | May Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Helen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | May Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Firle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Firle Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Firle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Glynde Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glynde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glynde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glynde Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pankhurst Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pankhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | May Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | May Road | — |
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