Total Crime Rate

132.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 132.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Other theft 11.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Theft from the person 1.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Grand Parade area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 84 local areas in Kemptown , and the 201st highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grand Parade (BN2 9QB) in the last 12 months was 132.9 per 1,000 residents and was 60.9% 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -39.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 64.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grand Parade (BN2 9QB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 719 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 Grand Parade area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Marlborough Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ashton Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Grand Parade Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Ivory Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Place
Sep 2025Other theft Sussex Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Sussex Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tidy Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Grand Parade Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gloucester Place

Data Sources

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