Total Crime Rate
413.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 55th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Road (BN3 2DL) in the last 12 months was 413.5 per 1,000 residents and was 295.6% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 112.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Road (BN3 2DL), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 353 crimes here, including 81 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brunswick & Adelaide| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooker Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | George Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Osborne Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Haddington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haddington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Seafield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seafield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clarendon Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clarendon Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarendon Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddington Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddington Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haddington Street | Under investigation |
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