Total Crime Rate
274.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Magdala Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 69th highest crime rate of 588 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 Magdala Road (PO6 2QG) in the last 12 months was 274.2 per 1,000 residents and was 90.2% higher than the Cosham average (144.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 93.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Magdala Road (PO6 2QG), the main crime hotspot is near Spur Road. Police recorded 237 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cosham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Spur Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walberton Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cosham | Further investigation is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cosham | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cosham | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wayte Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Park Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Cosham Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldroke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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