Total Crime Rate

165.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 165.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.6 8/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Norwich Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 150th highest crime rate of 588 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 Norwich Road (PO6 3SE) in the last 12 months was 165.5 per 1,000 residents and was 14.8% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 104.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwich Road (PO6 3SE), the main crime hotspot is near Service Road. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Norwich Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Norwich Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wymering Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Service Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Washbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braintree Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Service Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Service Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Service Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Service Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hockley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harwich Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Norwich Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hockley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Harwich Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Service Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blakemere Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Norwich Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blakemere Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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