Total Crime Rate

426.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 426.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 122.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.8 10/10
  • Public order 33.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.5 9/10
  • Other theft 18.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 12.3 9/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Drugs 9.2 8/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Other crime 6.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
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

Roundhill Crescent area has the highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 54th highest crime rate of 815 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 Roundhill Crescent (BN2 3GP) in the last 12 months was 426.4 per 1,000 residents and was 577.8% 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 Shoplifting with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 128.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Roundhill Crescent (BN2 3GP), 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 Roundhill Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waverley Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leonard'S Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Franklin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery 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 Fairlight Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trinity Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Newport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingdean Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Burglary St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences D'Aubigny Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order D'Aubigny Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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