Total Crime Rate
136.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
40.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coleridge Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 180th highest crime rate of 805 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 Coleridge Street (BN3 5AA) in the last 12 months was 136.0 per 1,000 residents and was 117.3% higher than the Goldsmid average (62.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 8.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coleridge Street (BN3 5AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cowper Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leighton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shelley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westbourne Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westbourne Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Joseph'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tamworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldrington Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheridan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheridan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Patrick'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Montgomery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynnes Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
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