Total Crime Rate
142.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sackville 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 areaβs 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 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.
View Crime In Central Hove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooker Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Haddington Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vallance Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vallance Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Miles Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Haddington Close | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Haddington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddington Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haddington Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Adelaide Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Connaught Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pembroke Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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