Crime Rates at Ansty Close, Brighton, BN2 5GL

Ansty Close area has the 27th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 115th highest crime rate of 805 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 Ansty Close (BN2 5GL) in the last 12 months was 196.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.4% lower than the Kemptown average (273.7 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 108.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ansty Close (BN2 5GL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wadhurst Rise (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.