Total Crime Rate

83.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.7 5/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Cowfold Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 322nd highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cowfold Road (BN2 5EN) in the last 12 months was 83.9 per 1,000 residents and was 33.3% higher than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowfold Road (BN2 5EN), the main crime hotspot is near Bowring Way. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove

Crime Over Time in Cowfold Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Green —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Hill —
Sep 2025Public order Manor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehawk Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Manor Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manor Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Beresford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bowring Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowring Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Bowring Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warbleton Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beresford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Green —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Manor Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitehawk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Prince Regent'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Lees Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order School Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Manor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Whitehawk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 28 of 28

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑