Total Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Talbot Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 45 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 147th lowest 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 Talbot Road (PO4 0HE) in the last 12 months was 39.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Talbot Road (PO4 0HE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 183 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central Southsea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndcliffe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chetwynd Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Manners Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Manners Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Manners Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shanklin Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wyndcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fawcett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Fawcett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wyndcliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wyndcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edmund Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edmund Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndcliffe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northcote Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Jubilee Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jubilee Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cleveland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Devonshire Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Lawson Road | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
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