Total Crime Rate
4.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Freestone Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Jude , and the 5th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Freestone Road (PO5 2NT) in the last 12 months was 4.7 per 1,000 residents and was 97.3% lower than the St Jude average (176.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY).
In the area around Freestone Road (PO5 2NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Richmond Place, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Palmerston Road (51 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Wilton Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Judes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Judes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmerston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmerston Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tonbridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tonbridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tonbridge Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tonbridge Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Clarence Parade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Garden Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Under investigation |
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