Crime Rates at Payne Avenue, Hove, BN3 5JD

Payne Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 181st highest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Payne Avenue (BN3 5JD) in the last 12 months was 135.7 per 1,000 residents and was 116.8% higher than the Goldsmid average (62.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Payne Avenue (BN3 5JD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alpine Road, where police recorded 29 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.