Crime Rates at Godwin Road, Hove, BN3 7FQ

Godwin Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Hangleton & Knoll , and the 340th highest 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 Godwin Road (BN3 7FQ) in the last 12 months was 78.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.0% lower than the Hangleton & Knoll average (93.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 35.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Godwin Road (BN3 7FQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stapley Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.