Total Crime Rate
7.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thornhill Rise area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in North Portslade , and the 19th lowest crime rate of 805 local areas in Brighton and Hove .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Thornhill Rise (BN41 2YL) in the last 12 months was 7.3 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% lower than the North Portslade average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thornhill Rise (BN41 2YL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamilton Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Harebell Drive (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In North Portslade| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harebell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamilton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalky Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Truleigh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Truleigh Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harebell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Croft Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hamilton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hamilton Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Broomfield Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harebell Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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