Total Crime Rate
68.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Courtenay Terrace area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 366th highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Courtenay Terrace (BN3 2WG) in the last 12 months was 68.4 per 1,000 residents and was 22.3% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Courtenay Terrace (BN3 2WG), the main crime hotspot is near Hove Place. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Hove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seafield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albany Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Albany Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albany Mews | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Albany Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Mews | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seafield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Aubyns | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Seafield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hove Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hove Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Third Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hove Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hove Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hove Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Third Avenue | Under investigation |
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