Total Crime Rate
88.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dyke Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 305th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dyke Road (BN3 1QQ) in the last 12 months was 88.8 per 1,000 residents and was 27.1% higher than the Goldsmid average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Drugs with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 700.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dyke Road (BN3 1QQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 186 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Goldsmid| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windlesham Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windlesham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Shoreham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Exeter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Montpelier Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windlesham Avenue | — |
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