Total Crime Rate
126.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lucraft Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 198th highest crime rate of 805 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 Lucraft Road (BN2 4PN) in the last 12 months was 126.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% higher than the Coldean & Stanmer average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 71.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lucraft Road (BN2 4PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barcombe Place, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashurst Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coldean & Stanmer| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egginton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barcombe Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bolney Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bolney Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Halland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halland Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barcombe Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Egginton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Egginton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Egginton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barcombe Place | — |
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