Total Crime Rate

124.0 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.0 9/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Osborne 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 area’s 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‰ˆ 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.

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Crime Over Time in Osborne Villas area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Miles Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Aubyns South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Aubyns South Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Aubyns South Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Aubyns South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Haddington Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Aubyns South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Aubyns South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Medina Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seafield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Seafield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Medina Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hove Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street β€”
Sep 2025Other crime George Street Local resolution

Data Sources

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