Total Crime Rate

243.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 243.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 74.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Public order 19.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.9 10/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.0 10/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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.
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Crime overview

Robin Dene area has the 25th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 100th 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 Robin Dene (BN2 5EX) in the last 12 months was 243.8 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -19.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 114.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Robin Dene (BN2 5EX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Robin Dene area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bowring Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sussex Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Chadborn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lewes Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bristol Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chadborn Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sussex Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beresford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beresford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Manor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bristol Place
Sep 2025Public order Bristol Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bristol Place
Sep 2025Drugs Prince Regent'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bristol Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bristol Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bristol Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bristol Gate Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Bristol Gate Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bennett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rugby Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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