Total Crime Rate
49.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Haslemere Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 183rd lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Haslemere Road (PO4 8BD) in the last 12 months was 49.7 per 1,000 residents and was 47.6% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -38.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haslemere Road (PO4 8BD), the main crime hotspot is near Goldsmith Avenue. Police recorded 85 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central Southsea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunter Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Frensham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Apsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grayshott Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruskin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frogmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grayshott Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heidelberg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hunter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Goldsmith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pretoria Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Specks Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Specks Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Specks Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Specks Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mafeking Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mafeking Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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