Crime Rates at Southdown Avenue, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1XE

Southdown Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in North Portslade , and the 228th highest crime rate of 805 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 Southdown Avenue (BN41 1XE) in the last 12 months was 111.7 per 1,000 residents and was 63.3% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southdown Avenue (BN41 1XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gordon Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.