Total Crime Rate

101.7 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cowper Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 267th highest crime rate of 815 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 Cowper Street (BN3 5BN) in the last 12 months was 101.7 per 1,000 residents and was 45.5% higher than the Goldsmid average (69.9 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 Other theft with 1 case , down -85.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (β‰ˆ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cowper Street (BN3 5BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Conway Place (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cowper Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shelley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arthur Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Arthur Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Conway Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Conway Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conway Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Conway Place β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pembroke Gardens β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooker Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arthur Street β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shelley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sheridan Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cowper Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sackville Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sheridan Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cowper Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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