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