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home office

Rows of terraced and semi-detached houses climbing a Brighton hillside, with trees and allotments in front and a hospital building on the skyline

Burglaries in Sussex fell 13 per cent, but fewer than 1 in 20 at homes led to a charge

Home Office figures show recorded burglary in Sussex fell 13 per cent in 2025 to 2026, but fewer than one in 20 residential burglaries ended in a charge. The commissioner's…

23 Oct

View from a grassy slope of the South Downs over the Sussex Weald, with fields, woods and villages stretching to a hazy horizon under a pale blue sky

Community

Firearms licensing 'not fit for purpose' and needs one national authority, inspectors say

The policing inspectorate wants one national authority to run firearms licensing, after finding median waits from 14 to 163 days between forces. Sussex's commissioner's meeting had the report on its…

23 Oct

Council

Brighton Council Leader Writes to Home Office Over Asylum Hotel Closure

Councillor Bella Sankey has written to the Home Office with eight specific demands after a Brighton hotel housing asylum-seeking women and families was announced for closure, with residents facing…

24 Sept