Total Crime Rate

296.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 296.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 177.8 10/10
  • Public order 33.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.1 10/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.7 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Gruneisen Road area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Nelson , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 588 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 Gruneisen Road (PO2 8RR) in the last 12 months was 296.3 per 1,000 residents and was 111.3% higher 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 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 860.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 222.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 104.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gruneisen Road (PO2 8RR), 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 Gruneisen Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Derby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Smeaton Street
Sep 2025Other theft Winstanley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winstanley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Winstanley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Derby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jervis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Jervis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tipner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranelagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smeaton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knox Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Newcomen Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Strode Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ranelagh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strode Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strode Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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