Total Crime Rate
306.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
174.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fratton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Fratton , and the 57th 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 Fratton Road (PO1 5BX) in the last 12 months was 306.9 per 1,000 residents and was 217.8% 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 58 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 88 (≈ 174.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fratton Road (PO1 5BX), the main crime hotspot is near Cumberland Road. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fratton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thorncroft Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Guildford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berkshire Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thorncroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somers Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Somers Road North | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sandringham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sandringham Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cumberland Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fratton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Claremont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucknow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Road | — |
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