Total Crime Rate
21.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodland Parade area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Westdene & Hove Park , and the 135th lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodland Parade (BN3 6DR) in the last 12 months was 21.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.6% 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodland Parade (BN3 6DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Deanway, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tongdean Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Westdene & Hove Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hill Brow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tongdean Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Brow | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Benett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benett Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Benett Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Deanway | — |
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