Total Crime Rate

72.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

21.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 72.7 6/10
  • Violent crimes 21.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.2 4/10
  • Drugs 10.9 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Other theft 7.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vallance Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 351st highest 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 Vallance Road (BN3 2DA) in the last 12 months was 72.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.5% lower than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vallance Road (BN3 2DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near George Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vallance Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blatchington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Hove Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haddington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haddington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haddington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hove Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hove Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembroke Crescent
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hove Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hove Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hove Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembroke Avenue
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembroke Avenue
Apr 2026Public order Pembroke Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sussex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sussex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Namrik Mews
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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