Total Crime Rate

142.5 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· 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 142.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 90.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.2 9/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.7 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sackville Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Central Hove , and the 181st 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 Sackville Road (BN3 3WA) in the last 12 months was 142.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% higher than the Central Hove average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 312.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (β‰ˆ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 154.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sackville Road (BN3 3WA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haddington Close, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Aubyns South (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sackville Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooker Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Haddington Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vallance Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Vallance Road β€”
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Miles Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Haddington Close β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddington Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Connaught Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pembroke Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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