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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Patcham in August 2024. There were a total of 176 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Patcham, 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	33
Shoplifting	24
Anti Social Behaviour	22
Other Theft	21
Criminal Damage Arson	20
Vehicle Crime	16
Drugs	14
Public Order	10
Burglary	6
Other Crime	4
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
All Crime	176

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brighton (1.39 miles)	800
Hollingdean (1.39 miles)	800
Aldrington (2.63 miles)	305
Hangleton (2.77 miles)	305
North Moulsecoomb (1.96 miles)	187
Coldean (1.86 miles)	154
Hollingbury (0.62 miles)	132
Patcham	130
Bevendean (2.77 miles)	127
Saddlescombe (2.63 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Patcham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brighton	232
Hollingdean	232
Hangleton	122
Coldean	97
Aldrington	89
North Moulsecoomb	58
Bevendean	46
Patcham	33
Hollingbury	30
Saddlescombe	2

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

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 Patcham 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 Patcham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Patcham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Patcham is ranked #7.

#	Ward	Score
1	St. Peter's and North Laine	59
2	Central Hove	52
3	Hanover and Elm Grove	51
4	Hollingdean and Stanmer	47
5	Brunswick and Adelaide	47
6	Westbourne	36
7	Patcham	34
8	Goldsmid	32
9	Preston Park	32
10	Withdean	27
11	Hove Park	27

Which road in Patcham has the highest level of crime?

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