Crime Rates at Wadhurst Rise, Brighton, BN2 5PW

Wadhurst Rise 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 Wadhurst Rise (BN2 5PW) 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 Wadhurst Rise (BN2 5PW), 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.