Crime Statistics for Aldrington, Hove, Brighton and Hove, 2024

There were a total of 249 street level crime incidents in Aldrington in February 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 Aldrington, 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	98
Anti Social Behaviour	53
Public Order	19
Shoplifting	17
Criminal Damage Arson	15
Drugs	11
Other Theft	9
Other Crime	7
Burglary	6
Vehicle Crime	5
Theft From The Person	4
Bicycle Theft	3
Possession Of Weapons	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	249

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Aldrington. 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 Aldrington

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brighton (2.55 miles)	668
Hollingdean (2.55 miles)	668
Aldrington	249
Hangleton (0.88 miles)	238
Portslade Village (1.39 miles)	177
Portslade-By-Sea (1.24 miles)	138
Southern Cross (1.24 miles)	138
Fishersgate (1.24 miles)	138
Mile Oak (1.75 miles)	98
Southwick (1.86 miles)	94

Where are the most violent places near Aldrington?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brighton	196
Hollingdean	196
Aldrington	98
Hangleton	90
Portslade Village	66
Portslade-By-Sea	47
Southern Cross	47
Fishersgate	47
Mile Oak	42
Southwick	34

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

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 Aldrington 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 Aldrington compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Aldrington and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Aldrington is ranked #5.

#	Ward	Score
1	Eastbrook	60
2	Central Hove	52
3	Brunswick and Adelaide	47
4	South Portslade	42
5	Wish	42
6	Southwick Green	36
7	Westbourne	36
8	North Portslade	35
9	Goldsmid	32
10	Withdean	27
11	Hove Park	27

Which road in Aldrington has the highest level of crime?

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