Total Crime Rate
57.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sheridan Terrace area has the 20th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 393rd lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sheridan Terrace (BN3 5AJ) in the last 12 months was 57.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sheridan Terrace (BN3 5AJ), 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 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sackville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poynter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sackville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sackville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Joseph'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynnes Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leighton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A2023 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A2023 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A2023 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A2023 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheridan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheridan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Montgomery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Patrick'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Frith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Landseer Road | Under investigation |
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