Total Crime Rate
483.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
339.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greenways area has the highest crime rate of 50 local areas in North Portslade , and the 40th 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 Greenways (BN41 2BS) in the last 12 months was 483.1 per 1,000 residents and was 606.2% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 339.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenways (BN41 2BS), 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.
View Crime In South Portslade| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | George Williams Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beaconsfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaconsfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hayes Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Williams Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Williams Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Williams Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | George Williams Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | George Williams Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lucerne Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | George Williams Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | George Williams Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | George Williams Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | George Williams Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Williams Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Locks Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Locks Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Locks Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easthill Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurst Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foredown Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foredown Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Foredown Drive | — |
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