Total Crime Rate

81.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 52.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.0 7/10
  • Public order 16.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.8 5/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gladys Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hilsea , and the 282nd lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gladys Avenue (PO2 9BE) in the last 12 months was 81.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.3% lower than the Hilsea average (92.2 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 , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gladys Avenue (PO2 9BE), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 107 crimes here, including 61 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gladys Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Heathfield Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Connaught Road
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Connaught Road
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A2047 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A2047 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs A2047 Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs A2047 Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson A2047 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson A2047 Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oriel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Montague Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Montague Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Montague Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thurbern Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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