Crime in Brighton & Hove
Thinking about Brighton & Hove? This is the recent street-level crime recorded around the centre of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, straight from the police and grouped by category.
Counts show where crimes were recorded, not how likely you are to be affected — a busy city centre always shows more than the quieter streets around it. To check a specific area, run its postcode through the crime checker. Comparing nearby? Try london, southampton, reading too.
Last updated: August 2026
Recorded crime near Brighton & Hove centre
1,866crimes recorded in July 2026
- Violence & sexual offences 511
- Anti-social behaviour 455
- Shoplifting 295
- Public order 174
- 10 other categories 431
Every category
- Violence & sexual offences511
- Anti-social behaviour455
- Shoplifting295
- Public order174
- Other theft102
- Criminal damage & arson70
- Drugs56
- Vehicle crime46
- Theft from the person39
- Robbery34
- Other crime27
- Burglary23
- Bicycle theft20
- Possession of weapons14
This is the recorded crime around the centre of Brighton & Hove. For a specific neighbourhood, open the crime checker and enter the postcode to centre the results there — with how to read the numbers and where the data comes from.
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Common questions
- Is Brighton & Hove a safe place to live?
- No single number answers that. The figures here show recorded crime near the centre of Brighton & Hove for the latest month available. For the areas you're actually considering, compare a few specific postcodes in the crime checker.
- Why is the Brighton & Hove crime data a couple of months old?
- Police forces publish to data.police.uk about two to three months in arrears, and it updates monthly, so the latest full month is always slightly behind. We label the month shown.
- Does this cover the whole of Brighton & Hove?
- It's the crime recorded within about a mile of the centre of Brighton & Hove. For a specific neighbourhood, enter its postcode in the crime checker to centre the results there.