Total Crime Rate

90.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 90.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
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

Highbury Grove area has the 29th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 282nd 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 Highbury Grove (PO6 2RS) in the last 12 months was 90.4 per 1,000 residents and was 37.3% lower than the Cosham average (144.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 66.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 214.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highbury Grove (PO6 2RS), the main crime hotspot is near Cosham. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highbury Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knowsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jasmond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pitreavie Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Highbury Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Highbury Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Park Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cosham Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Cosham Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cosham Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Cosham Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Knowsley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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