Total Crime Rate

9.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 9.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.1 1/10
  • 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
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bolsover Road area has the lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Westbourne & Poets' Corner , and the 25th lowest crime rate of 815 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 Bolsover Road (BN3 5HQ) in the last 12 months was 9.4 per 1,000 residents and was 87.7% lower than the Westbourne & Poets' Corner average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bolsover Road (BN3 5HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ingram Crescent East (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bolsover Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alpine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour School Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingram Crescent East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingram Crescent East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ingram Crescent East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft School Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ingram Crescent West Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ingram Crescent West Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ingram Crescent West Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hogarth Road —
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Data Sources

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