Total Crime Rate
65.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Percy Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 232nd lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Percy Road (PO4 0BJ) in the last 12 months was 65.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.5% lower than the Central Southsea average (94.9 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Percy Road (PO4 0BJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selbourne Terrace (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central Southsea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manners Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Eton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fratton | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fratton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jessie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Percy Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ventnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ventnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shanklin Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shanklin Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shanklin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stansted Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stansted Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selbourne Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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