Crime Rates at Railway Cottages, Brighton, BN2 4PX

Railway Cottages area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coldean & Stanmer , and the 272nd highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Railway Cottages (BN2 4PX) in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the Coldean & Stanmer average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Railway Cottages (BN2 4PX), the main crime hotspot is near Broadfields. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.