Crime Rates at Bear Road, Brighton, BN2 4DD

Bear Road area has the 37th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 320th 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 Bear Road (BN2 4DD) in the last 12 months was 84.3 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bear Road (BN2 4DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ladysmith Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baden Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.