Total Crime Rate

131.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.6 9/10
  • Drugs 21.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.1 8/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Trinity Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 204th 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 Trinity Street (BN2 3HN) in the last 12 months was 131.5 per 1,000 residents and was 109.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Trinity Street (BN2 3HN), 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 Trinity Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Edinburgh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Aberdeen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leonard'S Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aberdeen Road —
Sep 2025Public order Fairlight Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bromley Road —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trinity Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Montfort Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hanover Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Crescent Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Newport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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