Total Crime Rate
351.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Old Shoreham Road area has the highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Goldsmid , and the 59th highest crime rate of 805 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 Old Shoreham Road (BN3 7BD) in the last 12 months was 351.3 per 1,000 residents and was 461.3% higher than the Goldsmid average (62.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 86.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Shoreham Road (BN3 7BD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Goldsmid| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sheridan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leighton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheridan Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Landseer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Poynter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | A2023 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A2023 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A2023 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A2023 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Goldstone Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Frith Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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