Crime Rates at Church Street, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1LT

Church Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in South Portslade , and the 172nd highest crime rate of 815 local areas in Brighton and Hove .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Street (BN41 1LT) in the last 12 months was 148.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.5% higher than the South Portslade average (99.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 116.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 52.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (BN41 1LT), the main crime hotspot is near Vale Gardens. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.