Crime Rates at Romany Close, Portslade, Brighton, BN41 2BA

Romany Close 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 Romany Close (BN41 2BA) 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 Romany Close (BN41 2BA), the main crime hotspot is near George Williams Mews. Police recorded 106 crimes here, including 77 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.