Total Crime Rate
124.0 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Osborne Villas area has the 30th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 220th 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 Osborne Villas (BN3 2RD) in the last 12 months was 124.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% higher than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (β 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osborne Villas (BN3 2RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haddington Close, where police recorded 110 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Miles Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Aubyns South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Aubyns South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Aubyns South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Aubyns South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Haddington Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Aubyns South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Aubyns South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | George Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seafield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Seafield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haddington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hove Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | β |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | George Street | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | George Street | Local resolution |
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