Total Crime Rate
83.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hove Street area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 72 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 323rd 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 Hove Street (BN3 2DF) in the last 12 months was 83.6 per 1,000 residents and was 20.0% lower than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hove Street (BN3 2DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 96 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.
View Crime In Brunswick & Adelaide| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vallance Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Aubyns South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Aubyns South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Aubyns South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Aubyns South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Aubyns South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hove Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Miles Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Miles Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Miles Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Miles Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Aubyns South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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