Total Crime Rate

117.0 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 117.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Robbery 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

This area has the 9th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 233rd 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 This (BN3 5HJ) in the last 12 months was 117.0 per 1,000 residents and was 67.5% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 72.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around postcode BN3 5HJ, the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Scott Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in BN3 5HJ area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Shoreham Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shelley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shelley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shelley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft School Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raphael Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raphael Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raphael Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Raphael Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alpine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Kendal Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rutland Gardens —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rutland Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Scott Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scott Road —

Data Sources

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