Postcode · Brighton
Crime in BN1 6WP
How much crime is recorded in BN1 6WP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hollingbury
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,542 (2024)
BN1 6WPBrighton
How safe is BN1 6WP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN1 6WP area, well below 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
19.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
45
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 6WPNational
Burglary15.19.1
Violence and sexual offences14.223.6
Anti-social behaviour12.210.7
Other theft3.64.5
Public order3.34.6
Drugs2.62.4
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Other crime1.21.5
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Theft from the person0.42.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 18% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
10
15
20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.