Total Crime Rate
92.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Palmeira Place area has the 12th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 284th 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 Palmeira Place (BN3 3EQ) in the last 12 months was 92.6 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% higher than the Goldsmid average (62.6 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Palmeira Place (BN3 3EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Somerhill Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Goldsmid| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilbury Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bigwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wilbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilbury Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilbury Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilbury Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burton Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cromwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilbury Villas | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B2120 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | B2120 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | B2120 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lorna Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lorna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Palmeira Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Palmeira Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lyon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilbury Villas | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crown Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somerhill Road | — |
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