Total Crime Rate

120.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 120.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.7 8/10
  • Drugs 16.5 9/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Public order 11.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Talbot Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 219th 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 Talbot Road (PO4 0HD) in the last 12 months was 120.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% 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 ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Talbot Road (PO4 0HD), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 133 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Talbot Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Francis Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Shanklin Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shanklin Road
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selbourne Terrace Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Percy Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fratton Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fratton Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walmer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walmer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walmer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shanklin Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thorncroft Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Percy Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heidelberg Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manners Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manners Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Manners Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Manners Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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