Total Crime Rate
74.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Canterbury Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 269th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Canterbury Road (PO4 9AZ) in the last 12 months was 74.8 per 1,000 residents and was 16.6% lower than the Central Southsea average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 40.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canterbury Road (PO4 9AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 209 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central Southsea| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Empshott Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pretoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Henley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winter Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Andover Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Winter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jubilee Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edmund Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Edmund Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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