Total Crime Rate

202.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 202.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.3 10/10
  • Drugs 27.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.8 9/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.6 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Other crime 4.6 6/10
  • Other theft 4.6 4/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Kings Esplanade 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 Kings Esplanade (BN3 2WS) 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 Kings Esplanade (BN3 2WS), the main crime hotspot is near St Aubyns South. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kings Esplanade area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seafield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Aubyns South Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Medina Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Seafield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hove Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Medina Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Medina Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vallance Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Aubyns South Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Osborne Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Aubyns South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order St Aubyns South Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Aubyns South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Medina Terrace —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Medina Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medina Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Medina Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft St Aubyns South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vallance Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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