Total Crime Rate

116.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 7.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.6 9/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Public order 5.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 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

Herne Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 219th highest crime rate of 588 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 Herne Road (PO6 3PB) in the last 12 months was 116.8 per 1,000 residents and was 19.0% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 68.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Herne Road (PO6 3PB), the main crime hotspot is near Fourth Avenue. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Herne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fifth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tankerton Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braintree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Halstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hockley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wymering Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fourth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Fairfield Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sixth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Halstead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tankerton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brighstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Tankerton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hockley Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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