Postcode · Brighton
Crime in BN1 5DA
How much crime is recorded in BN1 5DA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Seven Dials
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,934 (2024)
BN1 5DABrighton
How safe is BN1 5DA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN1 5DA area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
15.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
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 5DANational
Violence and sexual offences10.123.6
Anti-social behaviour6.410.7
Burglary3.79.1
Drugs2.82.4
Other theft2.74.5
Criminal damage and arson2.54.7
Vehicle crime2.53.5
Other crime2.21.5
Public order2.14.6
Bicycle theft1.71.0
Robbery0.81.4
Theft from the person0.72.1
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Shoplifting0.18.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.