Postcode · Hove
Crime in BN3 3WL
How much crime is recorded in BN3 3WL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Goldsmid West
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,854 (2024)
BN3 3WLHove
How safe is BN3 3WL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN3 3WL 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
16.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
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 3WLNational
Violence and sexual offences12.523.6
Anti-social behaviour7.110.7
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Public order2.54.6
Vehicle crime2.43.5
Other theft1.64.5
Drugs1.22.4
Possession of weapons1.00.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Burglary0.49.1
Other crime0.41.5
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 53% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.