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

Crime statistics for Falmer, Brighton

There were a total of 48 street level crime incidents in Falmer in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Falmer, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime22
Other Crime7
Drugs3
Other Theft3
Criminal Damage Arson3
Public Order3
Anti Social Behaviour2
Possession Of Weapons1
Theft From The Person1
Robbery1
Vehicle Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime48

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Falmer

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Brighton (2.77 miles)758
Hollingdean (2.77 miles)758
Kemp Town (3 miles)749
Black Rock (3.03 miles)275
North Moulsecoomb (1.39 miles)222
Hollingbury (2.48 miles)139
Coldean (1.24 miles)131
Bevendean (1.39 miles)129
Patcham (3.1 miles)103
Falmer48

16.3%
of Moulsecoomb and Bevendean residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Falmer?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Kemp Town272
Brighton247
Hollingdean247
Black Rock101
North Moulsecoomb76
Hollingbury55
Bevendean55
Coldean47
Patcham41
Falmer22

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

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 Falmer 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 Falmer compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Falmer and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Falmer is ranked #4.

#WardScore
1East Brighton74
2Queen's Park73
3St. Peter's and North Laine59
4Moulsecoomb and Bevendean56
5Hanover and Elm Grove51
6Hollingdean and Stanmer47
7Patcham34
8Preston Park32
9Kingston29
10Woodingdean26
11Ditchling & Westmeston10

Which road in Falmer has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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