Total Crime Rate

247.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 247.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.1 9/10
  • Other theft 23.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.6 9/10
  • Public order 19.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 19.6 6/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

The Upper Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Preston Park , and the 99th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Upper Drive (BN3 6NA) in the last 12 months was 247.1 per 1,000 residents and was 457.3% higher than the Preston Park average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 125.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 39.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Upper Drive (BN3 6NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Greyfriars, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Burton Villas (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Upper Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hove Park Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Martlet —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dyke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dyke Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dyke Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bigwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Dyke Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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