Total Crime Rate

97.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 97.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 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 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Central Hove , and the 276th 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 Livingstone Road (BN3 3WP) in the last 12 months was 97.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 54.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Livingstone Road (BN3 3WP), 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 Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eaton Villas —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eaton Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eaton Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Eaton Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street —
Sep 2025Drugs George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting George Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime George Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime George Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hova Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Approach Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Haddington Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Haddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Goldstone Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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