Total Crime Rate

122.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.8 8/10
  • Public order 24.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Burglary 9.0 8/10
  • Other theft 9.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Northcote 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 Northcote Road (PO4 0LH) 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 Northcote Road (PO4 0LH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Northcote Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Londesborough Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Northcote Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chetwynd Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Henley Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Augustine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Augustine Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Road
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wyndcliffe Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edmund Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Edmund Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delamere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order 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 Wyndcliffe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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