Postcode · Brighton
Crime in BN1 9PU
How much crime is recorded in BN1 9PU, 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
- 2,147 (2024)
BN1 9PUBrighton
How safe is BN1 9PU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN1 9PU area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
35.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
64
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 9PUNational
Violence and sexual offences33.123.6
Anti-social behaviour7.410.7
Burglary7.09.1
Drugs5.62.4
Criminal damage and arson4.94.7
Public order4.04.6
Other theft3.44.5
Other crime1.71.5
Bicycle theft1.31.0
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Vehicle crime0.33.5
Robbery0.01.4
Theft from the person0.02.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.