Postcode · Hove
Crime in BN3 5DE
How much crime is recorded in BN3 5DE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- King Alfred
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,510 (2024)
BN3 5DEHove
How safe is BN3 5DE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 15.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN3 5DE 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
15.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
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 5DENational
Violence and sexual offences12.523.6
Shoplifting6.28.4
Anti-social behaviour5.610.7
Public order3.84.6
Burglary3.79.1
Other theft2.14.5
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Other crime0.91.5
Vehicle crime0.93.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Drugs0.42.4
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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10
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30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.