Total Crime Rate
102.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hanover Place area has the 31st highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 253rd 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 Hanover Place (BN2 9SD) in the last 12 months was 102.9 per 1,000 residents and was 86.2% higher than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (55.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hanover Place (BN2 9SD), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 81 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Crescent Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Crescent Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brewer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Lewes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Park Crescent Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Mary Magdalene Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Caledonian Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wakefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wakefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wakefield Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wakefield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canterbury Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southover Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Canterbury Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanover Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhaven Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | — |
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