Total Crime Rate

434.4 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 434.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 252.5 10/10
  • Public order 33.3 10/10
  • Other theft 27.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.5 8/10
  • Burglary 15.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.7 9/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.8 10/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Robbery 7.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 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

Milton Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Baffins , and the 35th 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 Milton Road (PO3 6AJ) in the last 12 months was 434.4 per 1,000 residents and was 324.9% higher than the Baffins average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 129 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -81.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 155 (≈ 303.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Milton Road (PO3 6AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Warblington Place. Police recorded 151 crimes here, including 105 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Milton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warblington Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Rodney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rodney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rodney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Catherington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Invincible Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maydman Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Invincible Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lime Tree View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lime Tree View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Tree View
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Tree View
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Tree View
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lime Tree View
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitcombe Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whitcombe Gardens
Sep 2025Burglary Warblington Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Warblington Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Bowler Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Priorsdean Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warblington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warblington Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warblington Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warblington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warblington Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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