Crime Rates at Somerhill Road, Hove, BN3 1RS

Somerhill Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 329th lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Somerhill Road (BN3 1RS) in the last 12 months was 47.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.2% lower than the Goldsmid average (62.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Somerhill Road (BN3 1RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lansdowne Place, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Market Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.