Total Crime Rate

70.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 70.3 6/10
  • Violent crimes 39.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yarborough Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in St Jude , and the 245th lowest crime rate of 578 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 Yarborough Road (PO5 3FB) in the last 12 months was 70.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% lower than the St Jude average (165.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yarborough Road (PO5 3FB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tonbridge Street, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milverton Close (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Yarborough Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/49)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightingale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Elm Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shaftesbury Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Elm Grove Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other theft South Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ashburton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Judes Close —
Apr 2026Burglary Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elphinstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour King Street —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sussex Terrace —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ockendon Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Castle Close Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Queens Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Portland Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Castle Close —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Copper Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Elm Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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