Crime Rates at Old Shoreham Road, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 1XS

Old Shoreham Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in South Portslade , and the 104th 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 Old Shoreham Road (BN41 1XS) in the last 12 months was 237.4 per 1,000 residents and was 137.6% higher than the South Portslade average (99.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Shoreham Road (BN41 1XS), the main crime hotspot is near Boundary Road. Police recorded 126 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.