Total Crime Rate
364.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Little 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.
View Crime In St Jude| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush Street East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bush St West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Southsea Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eldon Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Pauls Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Regent Place | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Regent Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shaftesbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shaftesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shaftesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Yarborough Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cecil Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightingale Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Elm Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Elm Street | Under investigation |
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