Total Crime Rate
32.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodland Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Westdene & Hove Park , and the 229th lowest crime rate of 805 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 Woodland Drive (BN3 6DF) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.6% lower than the Westdene & Hove Park average (36.5 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 Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodland Drive (BN3 6DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Deanway, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodland Drive (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yorklands | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Brow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Brow | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deanway | — |
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