Crime Rate in St Thomas, ward

St Thomas has the 3rd highest crime rate of 14 wards in Portsmouth district and the 485th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 55th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Thomas in the last 12 months was 163.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.8% higher than the Portsmouth district average (125.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Thomas’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 968 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 18 cases , down -10.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 24.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -13.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,219 (≈ 81.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Thomas ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Nightclub, with 155 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around St Michael'S Road (59 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.