Total Crime Rate
1277.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
356.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chipstead Road area has the highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cosham , and the 4th highest crime rate of 578 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 Chipstead Road (PO6 3JJ) in the last 12 months was 1277.5 per 1,000 residents and was 817.6% higher than the Cosham average (139.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 150 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 81 (≈ 356.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chipstead Road (PO6 3JJ), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldroke Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur 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 | 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 | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spur Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sundridge Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spur Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northern Road | Under investigation |
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