Total Crime Rate

164.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 164.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.8 10/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 40th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 159th 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 Whitehawk Road (BN2 5FG) in the last 12 months was 164.5 per 1,000 residents and was 51.7% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 90.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadhurst Rise
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bristol Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Rugby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rugby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rugby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rugby Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Manor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehawk Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warbleton Close
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Henfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiddingly Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadhurst Rise
Sep 2025Other crime Roedean Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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