Total Crime Rate
116.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sackville Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 234th 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 Sackville Road (BN3 3HB) in the last 12 months was 116.9 per 1,000 residents and was 67.4% higher than the Goldsmid average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sackville Road (BN3 3HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conway Place (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Goldsmid| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Blatchington Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sackville Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleridge Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Clarendon Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clarendon Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Belfast Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheridan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheridan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shakespeare Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blatchington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Conway Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sackville Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooker Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarendon Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conway Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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