Total Crime Rate

197.3 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 197.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.4 9/10
  • Other theft 17.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 6.8 4/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Conway Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Central Hove , and the 125th 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 Conway Street (BN3 3LW) in the last 12 months was 197.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% higher than the Central Hove average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 98.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Conway Street (BN3 3LW), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 219 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Conway Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frith Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ethel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldstone Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Goldstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ethel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ethel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road
Sep 2025Burglary Conway Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Blatchington Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blatchington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belfast Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Conway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Goldstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conway Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Villas
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Clarendon Villas Under investigation

Data Sources

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