Total Crime Rate

175.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 175.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.9 9/10
  • Public order 35.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Other crime 9.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.4 8/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Penhale Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Fratton , and the 141st highest crime rate of 588 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 Penhale Road (PO1 5EE) in the last 12 months was 175.7 per 1,000 residents and was 89.0% higher than the Fratton average (93.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 105.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Penhale Road (PO1 5EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Penhale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fratton Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fratton Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fratton Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Fratton Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fratton Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fratton Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nancy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nancy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wimpole Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Wimpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Selbourne Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lucknow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucknow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsdown Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Kingsdown Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sheffield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Guildford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Wimpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Guildford Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Selbourne Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Selbourne Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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