Total Crime Rate

235.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 235.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 134.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.9 7/10
  • Other crime 11.2 10/10
  • Other theft 11.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Burglary 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

Glynde Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 106th highest crime rate of 815 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 Glynde Road (BN2 9YJ) in the last 12 months was 235.1 per 1,000 residents and was 273.7% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 149.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Glynde Road (BN2 9YJ), the main crime hotspot is near Firle Road. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Glynde Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pankhurst Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Elm Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Queensway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glynde Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glynde Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Baxter Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Baxter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glynde Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pankhurst Avenue —
Sep 2025Drugs Dawson Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Glynde Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Firle Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hallett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stonehurst Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clayton Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Stonehurst Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stonehurst Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tilgate Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carisbrooke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Craven Road —
Sep 2025Drugs Firle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carisbrooke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Firle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carisbrooke Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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