Total Crime Rate
6.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hartington Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 13th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hartington Road (BN2 3PB) in the last 12 months was 6.0 per 1,000 residents and was 90.4% lower than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
In the area around Hartington Road (BN2 3PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near May Road, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elm Grove (22 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 | May Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pankhurst Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clayton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | May Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Helen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pankhurst Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carisbrooke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | May Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | May Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bembridge Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Baxter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Baxter Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clayton Road | Under investigation |
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