Total Crime Rate

313.5 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 313.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 145.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Public order 39.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.1 9/10
  • Burglary 13.2 9/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Whitehawk Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 78th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitehawk Road (BN2 5FB) in the last 12 months was 313.5 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% lower than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 99.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitehawk Road (BN2 5FB), 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 Whitehawk Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Prince Regent'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sussex Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Henfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rugby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rugby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bennett Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadhurst Rise —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadhurst Rise —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wadhurst Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wadhurst Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Roedean Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sussex Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bristol Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lewes Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bristol Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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