Total Crime Rate
91.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Medina Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cosham , and the 280th highest crime rate of 578 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 Medina Road (PO6 3HD) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 30.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Medina Road (PO6 3HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spur Road, where police recorded 207 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fourth Avenue (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chipstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chipstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sundridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sundridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sundridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spur Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
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