Postcode · Brighton
Crime in BN2 4TH
How much crime is recorded in BN2 4TH, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bevendean & Moulsecoomb East
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,819 (2024)
BN2 4THBrighton
How safe is BN2 4TH
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN2 4TH 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
21.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
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).
BN2 4THNational
Violence and sexual offences15.923.6
Anti-social behaviour10.410.7
Burglary4.59.1
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Public order2.84.6
Drugs2.42.4
Possession of weapons2.30.9
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Other crime1.41.5
Other theft1.44.5
Robbery0.51.4
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.