Total Crime Rate
22.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queens Park Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 103 local areas in Hanover & Elm Grove , and the 139th lowest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Park Road (BN2 9ZB) in the last 12 months was 22.2 per 1,000 residents and was 64.7% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Park Road (BN2 9ZB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Grove, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stonehurst Court (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hanover & Elm Grove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Baxter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cobden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finsbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stonehurst Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonehurst Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Queen'S Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Islingword Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Islingword Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Baxter Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Carlyle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cobden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stonehurst Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Cobden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bentham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Park Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Islingword Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Dawson Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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