Total Crime Rate

90.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

44.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 90.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 44.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.3 6/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Other theft 12.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Coombe Terrace area has the 34th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 291st highest crime rate of 805 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 Coombe Terrace (BN2 4AD) in the last 12 months was 90.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.9% higher than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (55.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 44.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Coombe Terrace (BN2 4AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ewhurst Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Coombe Terrace area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Waverley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newmarket Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ewhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Liphook Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Waverley Crescent
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tavistock Down Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ewhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ewhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ewhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ewhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ewhurst Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ewhurst Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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