Total Crime Rate
668.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
272.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Northarbour Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cosham , and the 15th 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 Northarbour Road (PO6 3TJ) in the last 12 months was 668.0 per 1,000 residents and was 379.8% 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 272.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Northarbour Road (PO6 3TJ), the main crime hotspot is near Service Road. Police recorded 56 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northarbour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wymering Manor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Halstead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halstead Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dursley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dursley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dursley Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whippingham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Whippingham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mellor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mellor Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Service Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Service Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Service Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Service Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Service Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Service Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Service Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Dursley Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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