Hanover & Elm Grove
WardSouth east Brighton and Hove. About 15,652 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 1.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Hanover & Elm Grove live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Hanover & Elm Grove compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Hanover & Elm Grove safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Hanover & Elm Grove at a rate of 69.8 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, 101 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Hanover & Elm Grove.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (404), anti-social behaviour (230) and other crime (218).
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 Hanover & Elm Grove alone. See Brighton and Hove
Hanover & Elm Grove in brief
Hanover & Elm Grove had 16,015 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Hanover & Elm Grove live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Hanover & Elm Grove, 96.3% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Hanover & Elm Grove, 4.4% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.