Total Crime Rate
63.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Talbot Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 224th lowest crime rate of 578 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 63.1 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 120.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Talbot Road (PO4 0HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 165 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eton Road (31 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 | Vehicle crime | Percy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chetwynd Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lawrence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shanklin Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Devonshire Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Manners Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shanklin Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shanklin Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fawcett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ventnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ventnor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manners Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jessie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
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