Postcode · Brighton
Crime in BN1 9GN
How much crime is recorded in BN1 9GN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Coldean & Moulsecoomb North
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 5,183 (2024)
BN1 9GNBrighton
How safe is BN1 9GN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN1 9GN 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
17.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
49
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 9GNNational
Burglary17.19.1
Violence and sexual offences13.323.6
Other theft8.44.5
Anti-social behaviour7.610.7
Theft from the person5.52.1
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Drugs2.52.4
Public order2.24.6
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Other crime1.21.5
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Robbery0.71.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 31% 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.