Total Crime Rate
319.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ivory 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 9QE) 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 (≈ 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 9QE), 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.
View Crime In Kemptown| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Queen'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ivory Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Carlton Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Blaker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Circus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Circus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Circus Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dorset Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivory Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Circus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Circus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Circus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingswood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Kingswood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Circus Street | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Circus Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Kensington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | John Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Waterloo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redcross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | North Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Richmond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Waterloo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Waterloo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Waterloo Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Newhaven Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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