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 2DJ) 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 2DJ), the main crime hotspot is near Stafford Road. Police recorded 140 crimes here, including 87 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Jude| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Belmont Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mosaic Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wilton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B2154 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | B2154 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Belmont Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Elm Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottage Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chester Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lennox Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Merton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merton Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stafford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stafford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Belmont Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | B2151 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Belmont Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Garden Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | B2154 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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