Total Crime Rate
101.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Winter Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 254th 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 Winter Road (PO4 8DS) in the last 12 months was 101.7 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the Central Southsea average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Winter Road (PO4 8DS), the main crime hotspot is near Goldsmith Avenue. Police recorded 86 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Specks Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Winter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winter Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Devonshire Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Priory Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hunter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hunter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ruskin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Grayshott Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grayshott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grayshott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empshott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bramshott Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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