Total Crime Rate

186.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

98.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 186.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 98.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 50.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.5 1/10
  • Drugs 1.5 1/10
  • Other crime 1.5 1/10
  • Robbery 1.5 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hollingdean Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 83 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 120th highest crime rate of 805 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 Hollingdean Road (BN2 4AA) in the last 12 months was 186.4 per 1,000 residents and was 178.6% higher than the Hollingdean & Fiveways average (66.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 98.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hollingdean Road (BN2 4AA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 170 crimes here, including 63 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hollingdean Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Newmarket Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Inverness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Melbourne Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Inverness Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Inverness Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Martin'S Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Martin'S Place
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Upper Lewes Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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