Total Crime Rate

10.1 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 10.1 1/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 5.1 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 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 theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Highdown Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 30th lowest 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 Highdown Road (BN3 6EA) in the last 12 months was 10.1 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% lower than the Goldsmid average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highdown Road (BN3 6EA), the main crime hotspot is near Nizells Avenue. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highdown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nizells Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Caburn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferndale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nizells Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Dyke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dyke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Caburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Glendale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nizells Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osmond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nizells Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nizells Avenue —
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Data Sources

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