Crime Rates at The Highway, Brighton, BN2 4GB

The Highway area has the 16th highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Hollingdean & Fiveways , and the 217th highest crime rate of 815 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 The Highway (BN2 4GB) in the last 12 months was 125.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.4% higher than the Hollingdean & Fiveways average (73.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 77.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Highway (BN2 4GB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Further/Higher Educational Building, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Southall Avenue (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.