Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norman Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 285th lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Norman Road (PO4 0LP) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% lower than the Central Southsea average (94.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norman Road (PO4 0LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wish Place (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Central Southsea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Inglis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inglis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fawcett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lawrence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sutherland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jessie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Ronans Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jessie Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jessie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leopold Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leopold Street | Under investigation |
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