Total Crime Rate

48.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 48.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Islingword Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 314th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Islingword Road (BN2 9SF) in the last 12 months was 48.4 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Hanover & Elm Grove average (62.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 400.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Islingword Road (BN2 9SF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Martin'S Place, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellington Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Islingword Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tower Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Finsbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanover Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Franklin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hanover Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary St Martin'S Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cobden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Islingword Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Islingword Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cobden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Cobden Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Washington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wellington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bentham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Queen'S Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Newport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Newport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montreal Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Holland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Islingword Place
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour De Montfort Road

Data Sources

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