Central Hove
WardSouth west Brighton and Hove. About 11,439 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.8 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Central Hove live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Central Hove compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Central Hove safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Central Hove at a rate of 128.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 125.0 per 1,000 people across Brighton and Hove.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 181 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Central Hove.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (350), violence and sexual offences (342) and shoplifting (319).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Brighton and Hove
These figures are published for the whole of Brighton and Hove, not for each ward, so they describe all of Brighton and Hove and not Central Hove alone. See Brighton and Hove
Central Hove in brief
Central Hove had 10,699 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Central Hove live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Central Hove, 63.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Central Hove, 4.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.