Total Crime Rate
142.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lincoln Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Fratton , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lincoln Road (PO1 5BG) in the last 12 months was 142.4 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 96.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lincoln Road (PO1 5BG), 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 | Lower Brookfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thorncroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sandringham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucknow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nancy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nancy Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nancy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsdown Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fratton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cornwall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walmer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alver Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vivash Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lincoln Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Proctor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adames Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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