Total Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harold Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 38th lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harold Road (PO4 0LR) in the last 12 months was 17.1 per 1,000 residents and was 82.0% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harold Road (PO4 0LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Waverley Road (50 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 | Public order | Inglis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wish Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wish Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beatrice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beatrice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beatrice Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Herbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wish Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Boulton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waverley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Wish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wish Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albert Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inglis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Herbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Herbert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Herbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lawrence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albert Road | Under investigation |
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