Total Crime Rate
43.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Apsley Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Baffins , and the 158th 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 Apsley Road (PO4 8RH) in the last 12 months was 43.3 per 1,000 residents and was 56.3% lower than the Baffins average (99.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
In the area around Apsley Road (PO4 8RH), 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 Milton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruskin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Specks Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Specks Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frogmore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Goldsmith Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fratton Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Avenue | 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 | Alverstone 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Grayshott Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Apsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alverstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alverstone Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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