Total Crime Rate

470.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 470.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 178.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 153.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.2 9/10
  • Public order 25.6 10/10
  • Other theft 21.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Robbery 11.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.3 8/10
  • Burglary 7.3 7/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Palmerston Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Jude , and the 32nd highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Palmerston Road (PO5 3PR) in the last 12 months was 470.8 per 1,000 residents and was 167.5% higher than the St Jude average (176.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 189.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Palmerston Road (PO5 3PR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Richmond Place, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Palmerston Road (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Palmerston Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/62)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wilton Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tonbridge Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarence Parade —
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Clarence Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Parade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Parade Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tonbridge Street —
Sep 2025Other theft Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tonbridge Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elphinstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Richmond Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Richmond Place Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Richmond Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Richmond Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palmerston Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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