Crime Rates at Dorothy Road, Hove, BN3 7GT

Dorothy Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Hangleton & Knoll , and the 317th highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dorothy Road (BN3 7GT) in the last 12 months was 86.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorothy Road (BN3 7GT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Carlton Terrace (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.