Total Crime Rate
215.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hereford Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Jude , and the 107th highest crime rate of 588 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 Hereford Road (PO5 2DH) in the last 12 months was 215.6 per 1,000 residents and was 22.5% higher than the St Jude average (176.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 130.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hereford Road (PO5 2DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stafford Road (87 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Jude| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | B2154 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stafford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavendish Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Garden Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | B2151 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B2151 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B2154 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ursula Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B2154 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B2154 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B2154 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B2154 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B2154 | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Bartholomew'S Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Freestone Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Bartholomew'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Bartholomew'S Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stafford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Ursula Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Andrews Road | — |
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