Crime Rates in Brighton City Centre (BN1)
Crime statistics for BN1 from official Police UK data: the latest month's recorded crimes within a mile, broken down by category.
How safe is Brighton City Centre (BN1)?
In August 2026, Police UK recorded 636 crimes within 1 mile of the BN1 centre, against 1,897 around BN88, 1,877 around BN50, 644 around BN52, 521 around BN3 on the same measure.
Which types of crime are most reported in BN1?
In August 2026, the categories recorded most within a mile of the BN1 centre were Violent crime (172), Anti-social behaviour (143) and Shoplifting (99), out of 636 crimes in all. The checker above breaks any full BN1 postcode down the same way.
How do I check crime rates for a specific street in BN1?
Enter a full BN1 postcode into the checker above to see crimes recorded within about a mile in the latest month Police.uk has published, taken directly from its street-level data. Where a force's feed to Police.uk is known to be incomplete, the checker says so instead of printing a count.
BN1 at a glance
636 crimes were recorded within 1 mile of the BN1 centre in August 2026, the latest month Police UK has published. The most recorded category was violent crime, at 27% of the total.
- Recorded crimes, 1 mile, August 2026
- 636
- Most recorded category
- Violent crime (27%)
- Categories recorded
- 8+
| Category | Crimes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 172 | 27% |
| Anti-social behaviour | 143 | 22% |
| Shoplifting | 99 | 16% |
| Other theft | 47 | 7% |
| Public order | 43 | 7% |
| Criminal damage arson | 39 | 6% |
| Drugs | 20 | 3% |
| Vehicle crime | 19 | 3% |
| All other categories | 54 | 8% |
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of the BN1 centroid. Police UK moves each crime to a nearby anonymised point, so counts near the edge of the mile are approximate.
How BN1 compares with its nearest outcodes
| Outcode | Crimes within 1 mile of the centre, August 2026 | Most recorded category | Distance between centres |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton City Centre (BN1) | 636 | Violent crime (27%) | — |
| BN88 | 1,897 | Violent crime (27%) | 1.8km |
| BN50 | 1,877 | Violent crime (27%) | 1.8km |
| BN52 | 644 | Anti-social behaviour (26%) | 2.2km |
| BN3 | 521 | Violent crime (27%) | 2.8km |
Neighbours are the outcodes nearest BN1, by straight-line distance between outcode centres (postcodes.io), for which Police UK published a complete count for the same month.
A count within a fixed 1-mile circle, not a rate per resident: a busy centre with few residents records more crime than a residential area of the same size, and neighbouring circles overlap.
Source: Police UK street-level crime data (data.police.uk, Open Government Licence), August 2026: crimes recorded within a 1-mile radius of each outcode centroid. Forces whose Police UK feed is incomplete are left out rather than printed low.
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