Postcode · Hove
Crime in BN3 3UB
How much crime is recorded in BN3 3UB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Goldsmid West
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,781 (2024)
BN3 3UBHove
How safe is BN3 3UB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN3 3UB 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
17.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
38
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).
BN3 3UBNational
Violence and sexual offences14.623.6
Anti-social behaviour9.410.7
Public order4.44.6
Burglary3.09.1
Other theft2.34.5
Criminal damage and arson1.34.7
Other crime1.21.5
Vehicle crime1.23.5
Bicycle theft1.21.0
Drugs1.02.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Theft from the person0.02.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 37% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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5
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.