Crime Statistics for North Moulsecoomb, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, 2024

There were a total of 254 street level crime incidents in North Moulsecoomb in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in North Moulsecoomb, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	87
Anti Social Behaviour	39
Shoplifting	31
Criminal Damage Arson	23
Public Order	21
Other Theft	20
Vehicle Crime	11
Other Crime	9
Burglary	5
Drugs	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Robbery	1
Theft From The Person	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	254

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes North Moulsecoomb. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to North Moulsecoomb

We've taken the ten nearest places to North Moulsecoomb and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if North Moulsecoomb has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Brighton (1.39 miles)	874
Hollingdean (1.39 miles)	874
Kemp Town (1.96 miles)	812
North Moulsecoomb	254
Black Rock (2.22 miles)	251
Coldean (0.62 miles)	151
Hollingbury (1.39 miles)	138
Bevendean (0.88 miles)	132
Patcham (1.96 miles)	125
Falmer (1.39 miles)	56

Where are the most violent places near North Moulsecoomb?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to North Moulsecoomb and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Kemp Town	289
Brighton	247
Hollingdean	247
Black Rock	107
North Moulsecoomb	87
Bevendean	58
Coldean	47
Patcham	39
Hollingbury	38
Falmer	28

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in North Moulsecoomb?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in North Moulsecoomb to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in North Moulsecoomb compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to North Moulsecoomb and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in North Moulsecoomb have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is East Brighton.

#	Ward	Score
1	East Brighton	74
2	St. Peter's and North Laine	59
3	Moulsecoomb and Bevendean	56
4	Hanover and Elm Grove	51
5	Hollingdean and Stanmer	47
6	Patcham	34
7	Preston Park	32
8	Kingston	29
9	Withdean	27
10	Hove Park	27
11	Woodingdean	26

Which road in North Moulsecoomb has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in North Moulsecoomb with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.