Total Crime Rate

443.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

250.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 443.0 10/10
  • Violent crimes 250.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 202.0 10/10
  • Public order 45.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 42.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 39.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.6 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Drugs 13.0 9/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · 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 105 local areas in Baffins , and the 34th highest crime rate of 578 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 Goldsmith Avenue (PO4 8DU) in the last 12 months was 443.0 per 1,000 residents and was 347.2% higher than the Baffins average (99.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 250.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Goldsmith Avenue (PO4 8DU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 17 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

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Milton Park Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Gisors Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gisors Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Milton Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Essex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Devonshire Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Cromarty Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other theft Westfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Posbrooke Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Milton Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Gisors Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gisors Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gisors Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Middlesex Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Perth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Perth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Gisors Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Prince Albert Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gisors Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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