Total Crime Rate

75.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 75.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.0 6/10
  • Other theft 20.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • 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

Lincoln Cottages area has the 44th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 361st highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lincoln Cottages (BN2 9UJ) in the last 12 months was 75.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.2% higher 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lincoln Cottages (BN2 9UJ), the main crime hotspot is near Wellington Road. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lincoln Cottages area

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

Data Sources

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