Crime Rates at Shearer Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5LR

Shearer Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Fratton , and the 253rd highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shearer Road (PO1 5LR) in the last 12 months was 102.2 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shearer Road (PO1 5LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodland Street (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.