Total Crime Rate

384.6 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 384.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 203.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.8 10/10
  • Public order 49.8 10/10
  • Other theft 31.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.2 10/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.5 7/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Inverness Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 62nd 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 Inverness Road (BN2 3JB) in the last 12 months was 384.6 per 1,000 residents and was 511.4% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 253.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 51.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Inverness Road (BN2 3JB), 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 Inverness Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/65)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery 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 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Leonard'S Road —
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fairlight Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollingdean Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Trinity Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Newport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences D'Aubigny Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Franklin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order D'Aubigny Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Freehold Terrace Under investigation
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Data Sources

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