Total Crime Rate
69.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Caburn Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 360th highest 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 Caburn Road (BN3 6EF) in the last 12 months was 69.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.1% higher than the Goldsmid average (62.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Caburn Road (BN3 6EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vernon Terrace, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Shoreham Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Davigdor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Davigdor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Davigdor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Melville Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Davigdor Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Davigdor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lancaster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Caburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chanctonbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chanctonbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Osmond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Highdown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Old Shoreham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Addison Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Colbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caburn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vernon Terrace | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Russell Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Port Hall Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Port Hall Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chatsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chatsworth Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vernon Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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