Total Crime Rate

75.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 75.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Twyford Avenue area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Nelson , and the 271st 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 8NY) in the last 12 months was 75.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 171.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Twyford Avenue (PO2 8NY), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Twyford Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strode Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tipner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime London Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Cardiff Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newcomen Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knox Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tipner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Widley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Edward'S Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Derby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Derby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Widley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranelagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranelagh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranelagh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime King Edward'S Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Strode Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Stamshaw Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Nelson Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nelson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nelson Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strode Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strode Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strode Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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