Total Crime Rate

104.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 104.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.4 9/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.5 9/10
  • Public order 9.5 7/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Goldstone Villas area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Central Hove , and the 260th highest crime rate of 815 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 Villas (BN3 3RS) in the last 12 months was 104.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% lower than the Central Hove average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldstone Villas (BN3 3RS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 189 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Goldstone Villas area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Goldstone Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Denmark Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Denmark Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Denmark Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Haddington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Denmark Mews
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Villas
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Clarendon Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Clarendon Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clarendon Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eaton Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket

Data Sources

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