Postcode · Hove
Crime in BN3 8EE
How much crime is recorded in BN3 8EE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hangleton North
- Council
- Brighton and Hove
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,528 (2024)
BN3 8EEHove
How safe is BN3 8EE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 22.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the BN3 8EE area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
22.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
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 8EENational
Violence and sexual offences16.823.6
Anti-social behaviour9.110.7
Burglary8.99.1
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Other theft1.24.5
Public order0.94.6
Robbery0.51.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 10% 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.