Total Crime Rate

164.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 164.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 60.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.0 9/10
  • Other theft 12.0 8/10
  • Burglary 8.0 8/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Osborne Villas area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Osborne Villas (BN3 2RD) in the last 12 months was 164.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.1% higher than the Brunswick & Adelaide average (88.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 60.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Osborne Villas (BN3 2RD), 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 Osborne Villas area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Ventnor Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Hove Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Seafield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Albany Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Albany Mews Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Albany Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Mews Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Namrik Mews
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Namrik Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sussex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sussex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sussex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hove Place
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hove Place
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hove Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hove Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Seafield Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hove Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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