Total Crime Rate
295.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ashton Rise area has the 18th highest crime rate of 82 local areas in Kemptown , and the 78th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ashton Rise (BN2 9QQ) in the last 12 months was 295.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.0% higher than the Kemptown average (273.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 96.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ashton Rise (BN2 9QQ), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Morley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malthouse Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richmond Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grand Parade Mews | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sussex Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grove Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanover Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grand Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grand Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen'S Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Queen'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grand Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grand Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grand Parade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Court | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Trafalgar Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhaven Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gloucester Passage | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Circus Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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