Total Crime Rate
19.5 per 1,000
All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Highdown Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 111th lowest crime rate of 815 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 Highdown Road (BN3 6ED) in the last 12 months was 19.5 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% lower than the Goldsmid average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this areaβs most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (β 11.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highdown Road (BN3 6ED), 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.
View Crime In Goldsmid| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dyke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Belmont | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Caburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Windlesham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Windlesham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Exeter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Avondale Road | β |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Dyke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Terrace | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windlesham Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windlesham Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windlesham Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Caburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windlesham Gardens | β |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windlesham Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont | β |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Melville Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nizells Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nizells Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nizells Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nizells Avenue | β |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nizells Avenue | Under investigation |
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