Total Crime Rate

125.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 125.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.1 7/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 5.0 6/10
  • Other crime 5.0 7/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Richmond Road 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 Richmond Road (PO5 2LL) 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 Richmond Road (PO5 2LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Richmond Place, where police recorded 110 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.

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Crime Over Time in Richmond Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/69)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Stafford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Lennox Road South Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Vincent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Garden Terrace —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Onslow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nelson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft The Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lennox Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Florence Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Stafford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wilton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Maple Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Taswell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime The Circle Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Florence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Garden Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hillborough Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Richmond Place —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Theatre/Concert Hall —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hillborough Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Clarence Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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