Crime Rates at Castle Road, Southsea, PO5 3DE

Castle Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Jude , and the 250th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Road (PO5 3DE) in the last 12 months was 104.0 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% lower than the St Jude average (176.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Road (PO5 3DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ockendon Close (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.