Total Crime Rate

92.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 92.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 62.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.4 9/10
  • Drugs 12.6 9/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ashburton Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in St Jude , and the 278th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashburton Road (PO5 3JT) in the last 12 months was 92.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.5% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashburton Road (PO5 3JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Palmerston Road, where police recorded 132 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.

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Crime Over Time in Ashburton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Theft from the person Southsea Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Palmerston Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Nightingale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tonbridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Shaftesbury Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Parade Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarence Parade Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarence Parade
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarence Parade
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clarence Parade Under investigation

Data Sources

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