Total Crime Rate

7.4 per 1,000 1/10 · 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 7.4 1/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Upper Lewes Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 17th 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 Upper Lewes Road (BN2 3FD) in the last 12 months was 7.4 per 1,000 residents and was 88.2% 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 Public order with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Upper Lewes Road (BN2 3FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 100 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 Upper Lewes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/65)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Newport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Aberdeen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aberdeen Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences D'Aubigny Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Lewes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hanover Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Park Crescent Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ditchling Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Inverness Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Inverness Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Inverness Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trinity Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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