Total Crime Rate
84.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Church Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 307th highest crime rate of 805 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 2AE) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% lower than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -97.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Road (BN3 2AE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 271 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central Hove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Haddington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blatchington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Blatchington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blatchington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blatchington Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albany Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albert Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belfast Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hove Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hove Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albany Mews | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | George Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | George Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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