Total Crime Rate

223.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 223.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 64.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.5 8/10
  • Public order 23.5 9/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.9 8/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Drugs 5.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Regent Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Jude , and the 97th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Regent Place (PO5 3BA) in the last 12 months was 223.5 per 1,000 residents and was 27.0% higher than the St Jude average (176.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -68.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 82.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 147.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Place (PO5 3BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Regent Place area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/50)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashburton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Duisburg Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cecil Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cecil Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bush Street East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Southsea Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Southsea Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightingale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Steel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bush St West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dartmouth Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Dartmouth Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nickel Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clifton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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