Total Crime Rate

16.1 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

12.1 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 16.1 2/10
  • Violent crimes 12.1 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Guildford Road area has the lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Fratton , and the 33rd 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 Guildford Road (PO1 5BD) in the last 12 months was 16.1 per 1,000 residents and was 83.4% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 87.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Guildford Road (PO1 5BD), the main crime hotspot is near Selbourne Terrace. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Guildford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Nancy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Nancy Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Nancy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cornwall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Samuel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thorncroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sandringham Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thorncroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walmer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walmer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walmer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fratton Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fratton Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Adames Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lucknow Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Claremont Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Sandringham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Newcome Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Brookfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lincoln Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lincoln Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lincoln Road

Data Sources

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