Postcode · Hove
Crime in BN3 5SR
How much crime is recorded in BN3 5SR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Portslade by Sea
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,672 (2024)
BN3 5SRHove
How safe is BN3 5SR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN3 5SR 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
16.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
49
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 5SRNational
Anti-social behaviour15.110.7
Violence and sexual offences10.723.6
Burglary7.79.1
Shoplifting6.98.4
Public order3.04.6
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Vehicle crime2.73.5
Other theft2.44.5
Drugs1.22.4
Robbery1.11.4
Bicycle theft0.71.0
Other crime0.41.5
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Theft from the person0.02.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 18% 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.