Total Crime Rate

549.3 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 549.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 203.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 122.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.6 9/10
  • Public order 44.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.8 10/10
  • Other theft 23.9 10/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Drugs 11.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.0 9/10
  • Other crime 6.0 7/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Waterloo Street 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 Waterloo Street (BN3 1AY) 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 Waterloo Street (BN3 1AY), the main crime hotspot is near Sillwood Street. Police recorded 152 crimes here, including 70 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Waterloo Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/74)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Oriental Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sillwood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sillwood Street —
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sillwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Norfolk Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Norfolk Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norfolk Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ivy Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Norfolk Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sillwood Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King'S Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Norfolk Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Sillwood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Lansdowne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sillwood Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Temple Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cambridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brunswick Street West —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Street West Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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