Total Crime Rate

206.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 206.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 84.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 40.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.2 6/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Drugs 14.5 9/10
  • Public order 8.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Western Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 107th highest crime rate of 805 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 1JD) in the last 12 months was 206.4 per 1,000 residents and was 134.3% higher than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 40.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Western Road (BN3 1JD), the main crime hotspot is near Palmeira Square. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Western Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/51)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Upper Market Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Palmeira Square —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmeira Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Cambridge Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Holland Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Holland Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Holland Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Holland Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holland Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holland Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Cambridge Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other theft Salisbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Palmeira Square —
Apr 2026Public order Holland Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Palmeira Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Palmeira Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Brunswick Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Brunswick Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brunswick Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Brunswick Mews Under investigation
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 2026Shoplifting Lansdowne Place Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Other theft Lansdowne Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Holland Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Alice Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft St John'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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