Total Crime Rate
50.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 187th lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (PO1 2LU) in the last 12 months was 50.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% lower than the Eastney and Craneswater average (85.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (PO1 2LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nobbs Lane, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beehive Walk (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Battery Row | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Poynings Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Battery Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camber Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nobbs Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ferry Terminal | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halfpenny Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camber Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camber Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camber Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oyster Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warblington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Broad Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Broad Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broad Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Warblington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nobbs Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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