Total Crime Rate

276.0 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 276.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 130.0 9/10
  • Public order 36.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.0 8/10
  • Robbery 16.0 10/10
  • Drugs 10.0 8/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 2.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Edinburgh Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 89th 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 Edinburgh Road (BN2 3HY) in the last 12 months was 276.0 per 1,000 residents and was 338.7% 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 65 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 88.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edinburgh Road (BN2 3HY), 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 Edinburgh Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order D'Aubigny Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Crescent Place
Sep 2025Burglary St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Franklin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingdean Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Paul'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences D'Aubigny Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freehold Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aberdeen Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Aberdeen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Inverness Road Under investigation
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Park Crescent Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Crescent Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Fairlight Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Southmount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gladstone Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Melbourne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melbourne Street

Data Sources

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