Total Crime Rate

198.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 198.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 102.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.7 10/10
  • Other theft 22.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Drugs 7.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hangleton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 51 local areas in Hangleton & Knoll , and the 123rd 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 Hangleton Road (BN3 7LL) in the last 12 months was 198.5 per 1,000 residents and was 113.4% higher 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 110.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hangleton Road (BN3 7LL), the main crime hotspot is near Downland Crescent. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hangleton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Clayton Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poynings Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarke Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarke Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beeding Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeding Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Downland Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Downland Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poynings Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Peter'S Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clayton Way —
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Data Sources

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