Total Crime Rate
370.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ticehurst Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 65th 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 Ticehurst Road (BN2 5PU) in the last 12 months was 370.0 per 1,000 residents and was 488.2% higher than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 171.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ticehurst Road (BN2 5PU), the main crime hotspot is near Wadhurst Rise. Police recorded 53 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wadhurst Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ticehurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hamsey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hamsey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiddingly Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Findon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Findon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wadhurst Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Findon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ticehurst Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Camber Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilson Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Camber Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camber Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camber 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 | Nuthurst Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nuthurst Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadhurst Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wadhurst Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Findon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Penhurst Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Penhurst Place | — |
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