Crime Rates at Wilton Terrace, Southsea, PO5 2BQ

Wilton Terrace area has the 10th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in St Jude , and the 210th highest crime rate of 578 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 Wilton Terrace (PO5 2BQ) in the last 12 months was 125.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.3% lower than the St Jude average (165.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wilton Terrace (PO5 2BQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Palmerston Road, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stafford Road (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.