Total Crime Rate

137.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.4 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 137.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 84.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 27.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.4 4/10
  • Public order 11.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Church Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Central Hove , and the 176th 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 2DJ) in the last 12 months was 137.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% higher than the Central Hove average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 102.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (BN3 2DJ), 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 Church Road area

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

Data Sources

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