Total Crime Rate
122.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Albert Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 588 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 Albert Road (PO4 0JP) in the last 12 months was 122.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% higher 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 77.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -92.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Road (PO4 0JP), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 41 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 | Public order | Wyndcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Craneswater Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chetwynd Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wyndcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wyndcliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wyndcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndcliffe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndcliffe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edmund Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edmund Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beatrice Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Delamere Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Beatrice Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Henley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northcote Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lawrence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
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