Total Crime Rate
357.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burleigh Mews area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Fratton , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Burleigh Mews (PO1 5RU) in the last 12 months was 357.1 per 1,000 residents and was 269.8% higher than the Fratton average (96.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burleigh Mews (PO1 5RU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 18 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Ewart Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carnarvon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bettesworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lynn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Glencoe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cyprus Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ewart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Powerscourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powerscourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harcourt Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Road | Under investigation |
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