Total Crime Rate
202.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Medina Terrace area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 120th highest crime rate of 815 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 Medina Terrace (BN3 2WL) in the last 12 months was 202.8 per 1,000 residents and was 94.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Medina Terrace (BN3 2WL), 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Haddington Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haddington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | St Aubyns South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Albany Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vallance Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vallance Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Miles Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Miles Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Miles Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Osborne Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Aubyns South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Seafield Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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