Total Crime Rate

130.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 130.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.3 9/10
  • Public order 12.7 8/10
  • Drugs 9.6 8/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Livingstone Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Central Hove , and the 205th 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 Livingstone Road (BN3 3WL) in the last 12 months was 130.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Livingstone Road (BN3 3WL), 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 Livingstone Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blatchington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belfast Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Haddington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Connaught Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Goldstone Villas Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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