Crime Rates at Pains Road, Southsea, PO5 1AS

Pains Road area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 195th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pains Road (PO5 1AS) in the last 12 months was 127.0 per 1,000 residents and was 54.4% lower than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pains Road (PO5 1AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 96 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Plymouth Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.