Crime Rates at Mafeking Road, Brighton, BN2 4EL

Mafeking Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 188th highest crime rate of 805 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 Mafeking Road (BN2 4EL) in the last 12 months was 132.6 per 1,000 residents and was 140.0% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 82.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 111.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mafeking Road (BN2 4EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 87 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.