Total Crime Rate

167.7 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 167.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 71.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.2 3/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Other crime 6.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Shearer Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Fratton , and the 148th 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 Shearer Road (PO1 5LW) in the last 12 months was 167.7 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% higher than the Fratton average (93.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -59.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shearer Road (PO1 5LW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little George Street (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shearer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Daulston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bettesworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Burleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little George Street
Sep 2025Burglary Little George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little George Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little George Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Belmore Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Belmore Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jersey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cyprus Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bettesworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langley Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Powerscourt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Manor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Manor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Langford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shakespeare Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hampshire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hampshire Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hampshire Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bettesworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pink Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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