Crime Rates at Goldstone Street, Hove, BN3 3RL

Goldstone Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Central Hove , and the 302nd highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Goldstone Street (BN3 3RL) in the last 12 months was 87.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.9% lower than the Central Hove average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldstone Street (BN3 3RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near George Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.