Total Crime Rate

110.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.4 8/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Goldsmith Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 235th highest crime rate of 588 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 Goldsmith Avenue (PO4 0BS) in the last 12 months was 110.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% higher than the Central Southsea average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldsmith Avenue (PO4 0BS), the main crime hotspot is near Cumberland Road. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Goldsmith Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cornwall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lucknow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Thorncroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thorncroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Eton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penhale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Penhale Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Other theft Ventnor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walmer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cornwall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bramble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shanklin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shanklin Road
Sep 2025Drugs Selbourne Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Selbourne Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Selbourne Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Purbrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manners Lane
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vivash Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lucknow Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsdown Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Kingsdown Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kingsdown Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Vivash Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jessie Road

Data Sources

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