Total Crime Rate

43.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

16.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 43.6 4/10
  • Violent crimes 16.8 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sackville Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 68 local areas in Brunswick & Adelaide , and the 302nd lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sackville Road (BN3 3FF) in the last 12 months was 43.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% 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 Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sackville Road (BN3 3FF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 228 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sackville Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Blatchington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembroke Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Blatchington Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sackville Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Namrik Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Namrik Mews —
Apr 2026Public order Pembroke Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembroke Avenue —
Apr 2026Burglary Westbourne Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hove Street —
Apr 2026Other theft Vallance Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pembroke Crescent —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Aubyns —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haddington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haddington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Haddington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haddington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Haddington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Westbourne Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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