Total Crime Rate
204.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Manor Way area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 118th 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 Manor Way (BN2 5DZ) in the last 12 months was 204.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.9% lower than the Kemptown average (340.3 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 122.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manor Way (BN2 5DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 199 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Kemptown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prince Regent'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehawk Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rugby Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Rugby Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Rugby Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rugby Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bristol Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bristol Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warbleton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | School Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiddingly Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whitehawk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitehawk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Findon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Findon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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