Total Crime Rate

169.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

115.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 169.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 115.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.2 10/10
  • Public order 16.5 9/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.1 3/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Market Street area has the 21st highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 139th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Market Street (BN3 1AT) in the last 12 months was 169.4 per 1,000 residents and was 92.3% higher than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 115.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Market Street (BN3 1AT), the main crime hotspot is near Sillwood Street. Police recorded 90 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Market Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/58)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Norfolk Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Holland Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Cambridge Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cambridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holland Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holland Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Holland Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Holland Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Brunswick Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Holland Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Holland Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holland Mews —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Holland Mews —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Brunswick Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Upper Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Norfolk Buildings Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lansdowne Place Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order King'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lansdowne Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lansdowne Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Lansdowne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Borough Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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