West Hill & North Laine
WardSouth Brighton and Hove. About 10,788 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.0 square kilometre.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in West Hill & North Laine live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How West Hill & North Laine compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is West Hill & North Laine safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in West Hill & North Laine at a rate of 483.6 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, 526 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in West Hill & North Laine.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were shoplifting (1,355), violence and sexual offences (1,129) and anti-social behaviour (1,066).
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 West Hill & North Laine alone. See Brighton and Hove
West Hill & North Laine in brief
West Hill & North Laine had 10,610 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in West Hill & North Laine live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In West Hill & North Laine, 78.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In West Hill & North Laine, 6.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.