Total Crime Rate
121.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ventnor Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 216th highest 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 Ventnor Road (PO4 0DX) in the last 12 months was 121.2 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 57.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ventnor Road (PO4 0DX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 165 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fratton (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 | Anti-social behaviour | Fawcett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Percy Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manners Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shanklin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shanklin Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shanklin Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ventnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Eton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Percy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jessie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chetwynd Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lawrence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fratton | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fratton | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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