Total Crime Rate

56.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.1 3/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Public order 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Lyndhurst Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 357th lowest crime rate of 815 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 Lyndhurst Road (BN3 6FB) in the last 12 months was 56.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.7% lower than the Goldsmid average (69.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 17.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyndhurst Road (BN3 6FB), 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 Lyndhurst Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nizells Avenue —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chatsworth Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nizells Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Nizells Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nizells Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chatsworth Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bigwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nizells Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferndale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerhill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Somerhill Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Glendale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Somerhill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Palmeira Place —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Avondale Road —
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Data Sources

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