Total Crime Rate
647.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Haddington Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Central Hove , and the 28th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Haddington Street (BN3 3YQ) in the last 12 months was 647.4 per 1,000 residents and was 395.9% higher than the Central Hove average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 666.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 61 (≈ 185.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haddington Street (BN3 3YQ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 353 crimes here, including 81 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central Hove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooker Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seafield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Osborne Villas | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Medina Villas | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Albany Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Seafield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ethel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ethel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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