Crime Rates at Circus Street, Brighton, BN2 9QF

Circus Street area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 270th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Circus Street (BN2 9QF) in the last 12 months was 97.6 per 1,000 residents and was 64.4% lower than the Kemptown average (273.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 40.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Circus Street (BN2 9QF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 196 crimes here, including 78 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.