Total Crime Rate
80.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
61.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Prince Albert Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 16 local areas in Milton , and the 276th lowest 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 Prince Albert Road (PO4 8EN) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 13.8% lower than the Milton average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 61.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Prince Albert Road (PO4 8EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Essex Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Milton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Essex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Prince Albert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eastney Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gisors Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cromarty Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Posbrooke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Milton Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Milton Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gisors Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devonshire Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gisors Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gisors Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gisors Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Perth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gisors Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gisors Road | Under investigation |
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