Crime Rates at Tongdean Avenue, Hove, BN3 6TN

Tongdean Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Westdene & Hove Park , and the 250th 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 Tongdean Avenue (BN3 6TN) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 183.1% higher than the Westdene & Hove Park average (39.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 46.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 183.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tongdean Avenue (BN3 6TN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tongdean Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodruff Avenue (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.