Crime Rates at Church Road, Hove, BN3 2AB

Church Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Central Hove , and the 181st highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Road (BN3 2AB) in the last 12 months was 142.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% higher than the Central Hove average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 312.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 154.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (BN3 2AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haddington Close, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Aubyns South (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.