Crime Rate in St Jude, ward

St Jude has the 2nd highest crime rate of 14 wards in Portsmouth district and the 411th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 51st highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Jude in the last 12 months was 176.0 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher than the Portsmouth district average (128.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Jude’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 795 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 21 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 94.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -29.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,024 (≈ 85.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Jude ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 144 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Stafford Road (87 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.