Total Crime Rate
45.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lincoln Street area has the 39th lowest crime rate of 99 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 322nd lowest crime rate of 805 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 Lincoln Street (BN2 9UG) in the last 12 months was 45.8 per 1,000 residents and was 17.2% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lincoln Street (BN2 9UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Martin'S Place, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellington Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brighton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Crescent Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jackson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toronto Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toronto Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wellington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jackson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scotland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southover Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hanover Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martin'S Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Martin'S Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Milton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Park Crescent Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Howard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belgrave Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Finsbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Holland Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whichelo Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Newport Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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