Postcode · Hove
Crime in BN3 8AA
How much crime is recorded in BN3 8AA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hangleton South
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,580 (2024)
BN3 8AAHove
How safe is BN3 8AA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 31.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN3 8AA area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
31.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
96
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 8AANational
Anti-social behaviour29.110.7
Violence and sexual offences24.023.6
Shoplifting9.78.4
Burglary9.39.1
Public order8.64.6
Other theft7.54.5
Criminal damage and arson5.34.7
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Drugs2.92.4
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Robbery0.81.4
Bicycle theft0.81.0
Other crime0.41.5
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat 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.