Total Crime Rate
204.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brede Close area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 118th 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 Brede Close (BN2 5GR) in the last 12 months was 204.6 per 1,000 residents and was 39.9% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 122.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brede Close (BN2 5GR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wadhurst Rise (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kemptown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Prince Regent'S Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whitehawk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Warbleton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wadhurst Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wadhurst Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadhurst Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadhurst Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiddingly Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Henfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Henfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camber Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehawk Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camber Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camber Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Camber Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Camber Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Findon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Findon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Findon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Findon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Marlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | School Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Manor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Whitehawk Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hamsey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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