Total Crime Rate

256.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

135.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 256.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 135.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 113.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 64.2 10/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Drugs 15.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.3 7/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • 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

Lennox Road North area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in St Jude , and the 73rd 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 Lennox Road North (PO5 2QH) in the last 12 months was 256.6 per 1,000 residents and was 54.7% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 135.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lennox Road North (PO5 2QH), the main crime hotspot is near Palmerston Road. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lennox Road North area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/83)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Maple Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashby Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashby Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashby Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Vincent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Palmerston Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Ashby Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ashby Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ashby Place —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wilton Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wilton Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Judes Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nelson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft The Vale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Hillborough Crescent Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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