Total Crime Rate
69.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Twyford Avenue area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Nelson , and the 250th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Twyford Avenue (PO2 8JA) in the last 12 months was 69.3 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% lower than the Nelson average (140.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 140.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Twyford Avenue (PO2 8JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smeaton Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Nelson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winstanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jervis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smeaton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pitcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edward'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jervis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Strode Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walker Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Strode Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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