Published crime rates, Brighton (Sussex Police area)

Postcode districts and sectors ranked by published street-crime records per 1,000 Census 2021 residents, September 2025 to August 2026. Counts sit beside every rate.

These are published crime rates, not safety ratings. Expect city centres, stations and big shopping areas near the top: many people visit, few live there, and a residents-only rate counts the visitors' records against the residents alone. Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to its nearest postcode, so records near a boundary can fall in the next area. Areas with fewer than 5,000 residents, and areas inside a force publication gap, are not ranked. Rates cover England and Wales only. How rankings are built.

Highest published rates

Rank of 60	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	BN21 26,312 residents	261.7	6,886
2	TN34 30,447 residents	196.3	5,977
3	BN1 84,844 residents	187.5	15,906
4	BN9 13,902 residents	179.1	2,490
5	PO19 33,558 residents	167.5	5,621
6	TN37 20,684 residents	165.8	3,430
7	BN11 34,454 residents	161.5	5,563
8	BN2 94,279 residents	117.6	11,084
9	RH11 60,298 residents	114.2	6,887
10	PO21 43,422 residents	113.4	4,924
11	BN22 33,568 residents	112.2	3,768
12	BN23 28,612 residents	111.5	3,191
13	BN17 33,136 residents	111.2	3,684
14	RH10 73,965 residents	109.0	8,062
15	TN40 18,099 residents	108.8	1,970
16	TN38 28,929 residents	100.5	2,906
17	BN7 20,303 residents	97.4	1,977
18	BN18 14,247 residents	96.8	1,379
19	BN3 80,930 residents	83.6	6,763
20	PO22 31,994 residents	82.9	2,653

Lowest published rates

Rank of 60	District	Per 1,000 residents	Records
60	BN44 10,015 residents	28.5	285
59	GU28 6,899 residents	34.5	238
58	TN19 5,224 residents	35.6	186
57	GU29 9,920 residents	39.7	394
56	BN8 16,083 residents	41.8	672
55	RH20 26,438 residents	43.8	1,157
54	TN21 16,942 residents	44.9	761
53	TN5 8,764 residents	45.0	394
52	RH17 20,499 residents	45.0	922
51	RH13 40,080 residents	45.4	1,820
50	TN6 25,624 residents	45.5	1,165
49	BN25 23,958 residents	48.1	1,153
48	RH14 16,940 residents	48.2	817
47	BN10 19,913 residents	51.1	1,018
46	TN22 27,537 residents	52.8	1,455
45	TN32 5,220 residents	55.2	288
44	BN5 8,049 residents	55.3	445
43	RH16 39,223 residents	55.5	2,175
42	BN20 21,265 residents	55.7	1,184
41	BN24 10,647 residents	56.4	601

Postcode sectors: highest published rates

Rank of 170	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
1	TN34 1 5,995 residents	546.6	3,277
2	BN21 3 6,245 residents	486.3	3,037
3	RH10 1 9,318 residents	335.6	3,127
4	BN11 1 5,066 residents	334.4	1,694
5	BN1 4 8,663 residents	329.8	2,857
6	BN11 3 5,069 residents	327.9	1,662
7	PO21 1 5,849 residents	321.9	1,883
8	BN2 1 10,199 residents	249.0	2,540
9	BN17 5 6,762 residents	220.1	1,488
10	RH12 1 9,263 residents	211.1	1,955
11	TN37 6 9,607 residents	209.4	2,012
12	BN1 3 10,374 residents	180.4	1,871
13	BN2 5 13,213 residents	172.8	2,283
14	RH11 7 14,411 residents	169.6	2,444
15	BN22 9 7,641 residents	167.5	1,280
16	BN23 6 6,623 residents	163.1	1,080
17	BN22 7 5,978 residents	161.1	963
18	PO22 9 8,021 residents	160.6	1,288
19	TN34 3 11,549 residents	160.2	1,850
20	BN9 9 9,752 residents	153.3	1,495

Postcode sectors: lowest published rates

Rank of 170	Sector	Per 1,000 residents	Records
170	RH13 0 5,546 residents	26.0	144
169	BN44 3 10,015 residents	28.5	285
168	RH13 9 10,269 residents	29.4	302
167	BN1 5 10,579 residents	30.5	323
166	BN16 1 6,865 residents	30.9	212
165	RH12 5 9,670 residents	31.6	306
164	BN8 4 6,186 residents	31.8	197
163	BN20 9 5,081 residents	34.0	173
162	RH14 0 6,027 residents	34.2	206
161	RH20 3 7,398 residents	35.1	260
160	RH13 8 6,052 residents	35.4	214
159	TN19 7 5,224 residents	35.6	186
158	BN25 2 7,254 residents	36.3	263
157	RH20 2 7,011 residents	36.8	258
156	TN6 1 8,249 residents	36.9	304
155	PO21 4 7,322 residents	37.0	271
154	RH17 7 7,300 residents	37.5	274
153	PO22 6 5,813 residents	37.8	220
152	BN10 7 9,287 residents	38.9	361
151	BN25 3 8,849 residents	39.1	346

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