Postcode · Brighton
Crime in BN1 3UP
How much crime is recorded in BN1 3UP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Seven Dials
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,750 (2024)
BN1 3UPBrighton
How safe is BN1 3UP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN1 3UP area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
19.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
111
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
BN1 3UPNational
Shoplifting62.78.4
Violence and sexual offences14.723.6
Public order10.24.6
Anti-social behaviour10.110.7
Burglary4.99.1
Other theft3.54.5
Drugs2.02.4
Robbery1.81.4
Vehicle crime1.43.5
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Criminal damage and arson0.84.7
Other crime0.61.5
Theft from the person0.42.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.