Total Crime Rate

364.7 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 364.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 255.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.4 8/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Burglary 11.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Little Southsea Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in St Jude , and the 47th 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 Little Southsea Street (PO5 3RS) in the last 12 months was 364.7 per 1,000 residents and was 107.2% 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 68 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 6700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 75.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Little Southsea Street (PO5 3RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Little Southsea Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bush Street East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bush St West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Great Southsea Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cecil Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eldon Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Pauls Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Regent Place Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Burglary Regent Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaftesbury Road
Sep 2025Public order Shaftesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Shaftesbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaftesbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Yarborough Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cecil Place
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Elm Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Elm Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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