Total Crime Rate
549.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Western Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 34th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Western Road (BN3 1AE) in the last 12 months was 549.3 per 1,000 residents and was 425.4% higher than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 122.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 291.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Western Road (BN3 1AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 255 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sillwood Street (70 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brunswick & Adelaide| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Oriental Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivy Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ivy Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sillwood Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brunswick Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Street West | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Temple Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Montpelier Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Montpelier Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Norfolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Norfolk Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brunswick Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brunswick Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Donkey Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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