Total Crime Rate

124.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Public order 20.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Drugs 8.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Chatsworth Square area has the 6th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 219th 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 Chatsworth Square (BN3 1WF) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.2% higher than the Goldsmid average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 45.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chatsworth Square (BN3 1WF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Somerhill Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chatsworth Square (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chatsworth Square area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Lansdowne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chatsworth Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chatsworth Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palmeira Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bigwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holland Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Glendale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferndale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lansdowne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lansdowne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Lansdowne Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lansdowne Street —
Sep 2025Drugs Lansdowne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerhill Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerhill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lansdowne Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Lansdowne Road Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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