Crime Rates at Long Curtain Road, Southsea, PO5 3AX

Long Curtain Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Eastney and Craneswater , and the 89th highest crime rate of 578 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 Long Curtain Road (PO5 3AX) in the last 12 months was 235.8 per 1,000 residents and was 176.2% higher than the Eastney and Craneswater average (85.4 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 Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 95.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Curtain Road (PO5 3AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park/Open Space (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.