Total Crime Rate

452.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 452.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 195.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 55.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 52.1 8/10
  • Public order 45.6 10/10
  • Drugs 29.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 13.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • 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

Goldsmith Avenue area has the 6th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Baffins , and the 34th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Goldsmith Avenue (PO4 8DU) in the last 12 months was 452.8 per 1,000 residents and was 342.9% higher than the Baffins average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 250.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldsmith Avenue (PO4 8DU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Goldsmith Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Westfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church View
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wimborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blendworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blendworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blendworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church View Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Priory Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Gisors Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prince Albert Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Prince Albert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landguard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Landguard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Posbrooke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Milton Park Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Essex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Devonshire Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Essex Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Suffolk Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Middlesex Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlesex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middlesex Road

Data Sources

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