Crime Rates at Worcester Villas, Hove, BN3 5TB

Worcester Villas area has the 9th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in South Portslade , and the 302nd highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Worcester Villas (BN3 5TB) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% lower than the South Portslade average (99.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -22.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 77.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Worcester Villas (BN3 5TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boundary Road, where police recorded 126 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carlton Terrace (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.