Total Crime Rate
21.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Donald Hall Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 142nd lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Donald Hall Road (BN2 5DE) in the last 12 months was 21.7 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% lower than the Kemptown average (273.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Donald Hall Road (BN2 5DE), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 349 crimes here, including 235 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Whitehawk & Marina| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chadborn Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hospital | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowring Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Percival Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Percival Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Percival Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowring Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chadborn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beresford Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beresford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadborn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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