Total Crime Rate

219.0 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 219.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 119.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Other crime 9.7 9/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Other theft 4.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Drugs 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

Fawcett Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 104th 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 Fawcett Road (PO4 0DP) in the last 12 months was 219.0 per 1,000 residents and was 144.2% higher than the Central Southsea average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -5.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fawcett Road (PO4 0DP), the main crime hotspot is near Albert Road. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fawcett Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Manners Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shanklin Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Londesborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shanklin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bramble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Lawson Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Cleveland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lorne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bramble Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delamere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ventnor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leopold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fawcett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edmund Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyndcliffe Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyndcliffe Road
Sep 2025Other theft Wyndcliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wyndcliffe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wyndcliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Wyndcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyndcliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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