Crime Rate in St Jude, ward

St Jude has the 2nd highest crime rate of 14 wards in Portsmouth district and the 462nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 54th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Jude in the last 12 months was 165.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% higher than the Portsmouth district average (125.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Jude’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 740 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 19 cases , down -5.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -14.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 940 (≈ 78.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Jude ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Palmerston Road, with 132 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Stafford Road (62 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.