Total Crime Rate

5.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 5.5 1/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lower Drayton Lane area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 8th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lower Drayton Lane (PO6 2EP) in the last 12 months was 5.5 per 1,000 residents and was 96.2% lower than the Cosham average (144.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Drayton Lane (PO6 2EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kirtley Close, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Homefield Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lower Drayton Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tesla Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tesla Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Southbourne Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stroudley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tesla Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scholars' Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scholars' Walk —
Sep 2025Theft from the person Scholars' Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirtley Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kirtley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dysart Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dysart Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Faraday Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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