Total Crime Rate
276.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Edinburgh 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.
View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | D'Aubigny Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Crescent Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Martin'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Martin'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Martin'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Franklin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollingdean Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Paul'S Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | D'Aubigny Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freehold Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aberdeen Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Aberdeen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Inverness Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Inverness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Inverness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Park Crescent Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fairlight Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Southmount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladstone Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Melbourne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melbourne Street | — |
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