Total Crime Rate

165.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 165.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.7 7/10
  • Other theft 23.6 10/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 20.2 7/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fawcett 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 0LE) 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 0LE), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 170 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fawcett Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyndcliffe Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delamere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Londesborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edmund Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Darlington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beatrice Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyndcliffe Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Leopold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wyndcliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wyndcliffe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wyndcliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beatrice Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beatrice Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chetwynd Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Beatrice Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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