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Other theft in Brighton and Hove

12 months to June 2026

8.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,405 other theft offences in Brighton and Hove in the 12 months to June 2026, down 10.5% (283) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.5 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 284,170

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400600201520202025September 2011: 545 offencesOctober 2011: 590 offencesNovember 2011: 571 offencesDecember 2011: 487 offencesJanuary 2012: 580 offencesFebruary 2012: 531 offencesMarch 2012: 678 offencesApril 2012: 609 offencesMay 2012: 672 offencesJune 2012: 648 offencesJuly 2012: 703 offencesAugust 2012: 717 offencesSeptember 2012: 772 offencesOctober 2012: 720 offencesNovember 2012: 550 offencesDecember 2012: 511 offencesJanuary 2013: 500 offencesFebruary 2013: 522 offencesMarch 2013: 528 offencesApril 2013: 539 offencesMay 2013: 333 offencesJune 2013: 334 offencesJuly 2013: 382 offencesAugust 2013: 367 offencesSeptember 2013: 318 offencesOctober 2013: 336 offencesNovember 2013: 278 offencesDecember 2013: 231 offencesJanuary 2014: 258 offencesFebruary 2014: 246 offencesMarch 2014: 304 offencesApril 2014: 291 offencesMay 2014: 320 offencesJune 2014: 338 offencesJuly 2014: 309 offencesAugust 2014: 354 offencesSeptember 2014: 316 offencesOctober 2014: 278 offencesNovember 2014: 351 offencesDecember 2014: 278 offencesJanuary 2015: 256 offencesFebruary 2015: 248 offencesMarch 2015: 272 offencesApril 2015: 261 offencesMay 2015: 280 offencesJune 2015: 293 offencesJuly 2015: 287 offencesAugust 2015: 322 offencesSeptember 2015: 279 offencesOctober 2015: 522 offencesNovember 2015: 311 offencesDecember 2015: 268 offencesJanuary 2016: 238 offencesFebruary 2016: 277 offencesMarch 2016: 239 offencesApril 2016: 270 offencesMay 2016: 327 offencesJune 2016: 253 offencesJuly 2016: 310 offencesAugust 2016: 358 offencesSeptember 2016: 318 offencesOctober 2016: 305 offencesNovember 2016: 321 offencesDecember 2016: 289 offencesJanuary 2017: 296 offencesFebruary 2017: 260 offencesMarch 2017: 296 offencesApril 2017: 297 offencesMay 2017: 254 offencesJune 2017: 266 offencesJuly 2017: 291 offencesAugust 2017: 337 offencesSeptember 2017: 271 offencesOctober 2017: 272 offencesNovember 2017: 243 offencesDecember 2017: 264 offencesJanuary 2018: 231 offencesFebruary 2018: 221 offencesMarch 2018: 246 offencesApril 2018: 293 offencesMay 2018: 306 offencesJune 2018: 289 offencesJuly 2018: 321 offencesAugust 2018: 304 offencesSeptember 2018: 280 offencesOctober 2018: 290 offencesNovember 2018: 256 offencesDecember 2018: 250 offencesJanuary 2019: 222 offencesFebruary 2019: 205 offencesMarch 2019: 286 offencesApril 2019: 269 offencesMay 2019: 249 offencesJune 2019: 247 offencesJuly 2019: 339 offencesAugust 2019: 325 offencesSeptember 2019: 253 offencesOctober 2019: 252 offencesNovember 2019: 263 offencesDecember 2019: 244 offencesJanuary 2020: 219 offencesFebruary 2020: 203 offencesMarch 2020: 189 offencesApril 2020: 115 offencesMay 2020: 120 offencesJune 2020: 145 offencesJuly 2020: 231 offencesAugust 2020: 253 offencesSeptember 2020: 212 offencesOctober 2020: 191 offencesNovember 2020: 170 offencesDecember 2020: 172 offencesJanuary 2021: 119 offencesFebruary 2021: 117 offencesMarch 2021: 127 offencesApril 2021: 166 offencesMay 2021: 177 offencesJune 2021: 236 offencesJuly 2021: 259 offencesAugust 2021: 285 offencesSeptember 2021: 263 offencesOctober 2021: 242 offencesNovember 2021: 258 offencesDecember 2021: 230 offencesJanuary 2022: 199 offencesFebruary 2022: 207 offencesMarch 2022: 253 offencesApril 2022: 198 offencesMay 2022: 243 offencesJune 2022: 300 offencesJuly 2022: 231 offencesAugust 2022: 239 offencesSeptember 2022: 265 offencesOctober 2022: 264 offencesNovember 2022: 259 offencesDecember 2022: 204 offencesJanuary 2023: 203 offencesFebruary 2023: 199 offencesMarch 2023: 181 offencesApril 2023: 204 offencesMay 2023: 249 offencesJune 2023: 189 offencesJuly 2023: 333 offencesAugust 2023: 232 offencesSeptember 2023: 253 offencesOctober 2023: 231 offencesNovember 2023: 228 offencesDecember 2023: 196 offencesJanuary 2024: 184 offencesFebruary 2024: 177 offencesMarch 2024: 230 offencesApril 2024: 210 offencesMay 2024: 251 offencesJune 2024: 213 offencesJuly 2024: 258 offencesAugust 2024: 296 offencesSeptember 2024: 216 offencesOctober 2024: 209 offencesNovember 2024: 205 offencesDecember 2024: 206 offencesJanuary 2025: 212 offencesFebruary 2025: 187 offencesMarch 2025: 210 offencesApril 2025: 206 offencesMay 2025: 246 offencesJune 2025: 237 offencesJuly 2025: 228 offencesAugust 2025: 210 offencesSeptember 2025: 184 offencesOctober 2025: 209 offencesNovember 2025: 189 offencesDecember 2025: 174 offencesJanuary 2026: 191 offencesFebruary 2026: 183 offencesMarch 2026: 198 offencesApril 2026: 192 offencesMay 2026: 213 offencesJune 2026: 234 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20118,955 (partial)
June 20123,30112.02012
June 20135942.22013
June 20142380.92014
June 20153431.22015
June 20165071.82016
June 20174971.82017
June 20185622.02018
June 20195071.82019
June 20205712.12020
June 20215802.12021
June 20225171.92022
June 20235081.82023
June 20246232.22024
June 20257852.82025
June 20266722.42025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Brighton and Hove

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Brighton and Hove