Total Crime Rate

319.6 per 1,000 10/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 319.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 134.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.3 9/10
  • Public order 34.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.6 9/10
  • Other crime 17.2 10/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.3 8/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ivory Place area has the 18th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 76th 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 Ivory Place (BN2 9AB) in the last 12 months was 319.6 per 1,000 residents and was 6.1% lower than the Kemptown average (340.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (β‰ˆ 110.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ivory Place (BN2 9AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 358 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (71 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ivory Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary York Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Barrack Yard β€”
Sep 2025Public order York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St George'S Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour York Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour John Street β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redcross Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Redcross Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Richmond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Grove Hill β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour North Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redcross Street β€”

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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