Total Crime Rate
426.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Roundhill 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.
View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Leonard'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Franklin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fairlight Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Martin'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Newport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Newport Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Newport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollingdean Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Martin'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | D'Aubigny Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | D'Aubigny Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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