Crime Rates at Castle Close, Southsea, PO5 3EB

Castle Close area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Jude , and the 259th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Castle Close (PO5 3EB) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 70.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 425.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Castle Close (PO5 3EB), 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.