Total Crime Rate

114.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 114.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.9 9/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Kingsway area has the 5th highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Westbourne & Poets' Corner , and the 241st 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 Kingsway (BN3 4FX) in the last 12 months was 114.6 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% higher than the Westbourne & Poets' Corner average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).

In the area around Kingsway (BN3 4FX), the main crime hotspot is near Sackville Gardens. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Westbourne & Poets' Corner

Crime Over Time in Kingsway area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Esplanade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Carlisle Road —
Sep 2025Public order Western Esplanade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Western Esplanade —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Westbourne Villas Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sackville Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Langdale Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Sackville Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Carlisle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlisle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Esplanade Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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