Total Crime Rate
24.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mill Lane area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in North Portslade , and the 152nd lowest crime rate of 815 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 Mill Lane (BN41 2FH) in the last 12 months was 24.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.5% lower than the North Portslade average (71.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 19.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Lane (BN41 2FH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sycamore Close, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In North Portslade| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Easthill Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Highways | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Flint Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sycamore Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Meadow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Meadow Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teg Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Teg Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Flint Close | Under investigation |
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