Crime Rates at Pretoria Road, Southsea, PO4 9BB

Pretoria Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Central Southsea , and the 220th 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 Pretoria Road (PO4 9BB) in the last 12 months was 119.6 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% higher than the Central Southsea average (94.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 86.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pretoria Road (PO4 9BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goldsmith Avenue (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.