Total Crime Rate
37.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Garden Lane area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in St Jude , and the 130th lowest crime rate of 578 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 Garden Lane (PO5 3DP) in the last 12 months was 37.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.4% lower than the St Jude average (165.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Garden Lane (PO5 3DP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tonbridge Street, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ashby Place (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St Thomas| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Western Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Western Parade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nightingale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaftesbury Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifton Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tonbridge Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ashby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ockendon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ashby Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashby Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Place | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Belmont Place | Awaiting court outcome |
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