Total Crime Rate
165.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fawcett Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 152nd 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 Fawcett Road (PO4 0LD) in the last 12 months was 165.0 per 1,000 residents and was 84.0% higher than the Central Southsea average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 60.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1153.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fawcett Road (PO4 0LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 98 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wish Place (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central Southsea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wish Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wish Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wish Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndcliffe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyndcliffe Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wyndcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wyndcliffe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wyndcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wyndcliffe Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Darlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Darlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndcliffe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Northcote Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Boulton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wish Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Norman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wish Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Allen'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Allen'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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