Total Crime Rate
15.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rutland Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 82nd lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rutland Road (BN3 5FF) in the last 12 months was 15.1 per 1,000 residents and was 75.9% lower than the Goldsmid average (62.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -94.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rutland Road (BN3 5FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 109 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Scott Road (16 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 | Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rutland Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rutland Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Marmion Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowper Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rutland Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldrington Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynnes Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mortimer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Montgomery Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Modena 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 | Shelley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westbourne Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westbourne Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tamworth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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