Total Crime Rate

204.6 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 204.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.9 9/10
  • Public order 34.1 10/10
  • Other theft 17.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.4 7/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 2/10
  • 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

Brede 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.

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Crime Over Time in Brede Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Prince Regent'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitehawk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warbleton Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wadhurst Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wadhurst Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadhurst Rise
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wadhurst Rise
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chiddingly Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Henfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camber Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehawk Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camber Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camber Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Camber Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Camber Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Findon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Findon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Findon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Findon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marlow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order School Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Manor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whitehawk Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hamsey Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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