Total Crime Rate

225.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

131.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 225.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 131.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 34.1 7/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Other theft 21.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.5 7/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dame Judith Way area has the 11th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cosham , and the 95th highest crime rate of 578 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 Dame Judith Way (PO6 3FJ) in the last 12 months was 225.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.1% higher than the Cosham average (139.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 131.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dame Judith Way (PO6 3FJ), the main crime hotspot is near Spur Road. Police recorded 207 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dame Judith Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Petrol Station Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spur Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spur Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spur Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spur Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spur Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spur Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spur Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spur Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spur Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Aldroke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spur Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spur Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour High Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting Spur Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Aldroke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aldroke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aldroke Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aldroke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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