Total Crime Rate
37.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Renny Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Fratton , and the 128th 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 Renny Road (PO1 5AZ) in the last 12 months was 37.3 per 1,000 residents and was 61.4% lower than the Fratton average (96.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 29.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Renny Road (PO1 5AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Selbourne Terrace, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fratton (34 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 | Selbourne Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dickinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dickinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dickinson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dickinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dickinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dickinson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickinson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandringham Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newcome Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sheffield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Brookfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dickinson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dickinson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thorncroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fratton | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fratton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nancy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nancy Road | Local resolution |
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