Total Crime Rate
102.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stanley Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in North Portslade , and the 256th 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 Stanley Road (BN41 1SW) in the last 12 months was 102.6 per 1,000 residents and was 49.9% higher than the North Portslade average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stanley Road (BN41 1SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Locks Crescent, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In South Portslade| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardener Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurst Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farm Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barnes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Barnes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gardener Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gardner Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Freemans Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wolseley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wolseley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Farm Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elm Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gardner Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Locks Crescent | — |
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