Total Crime Rate
296.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gruneisen 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.
View Crime In Nelson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Smeaton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Winstanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winstanley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winstanley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jervis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jervis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tipner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Smeaton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Newcomen Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Strode Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ranelagh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strode Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Strode Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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