Total Crime Rate
124.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chatsworth 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.
View Crime In Goldsmid| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lansdowne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Chatsworth Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatsworth Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmeira Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bigwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Holland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glendale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Glendale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Glendale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ferndale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerhill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lansdowne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerhill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lansdowne Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lansdowne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerhill Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerhill Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lansdowne Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lansdowne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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