Total Crime Rate

62.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 62.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.5 7/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Public order 3.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Sovereign Close area has the 49th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Baffins , and the 225th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sovereign Close (PO4 8XU) in the last 12 months was 62.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.3% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sovereign Close (PO4 8XU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park/Open Space, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Revenge Close (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sovereign Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Revenge Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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