Crime Rates at Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4AE

Lewes Road 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 Lewes Road (BN2 4AE) 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 Lewes Road (BN2 4AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Inverness Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.