Total Crime Rate
202.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cinderford Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Paulsgrove , and the 118th highest crime rate of 588 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 Cinderford Close (PO6 4BP) in the last 12 months was 202.5 per 1,000 residents and was 107.2% higher than the Paulsgrove average (97.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 147.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cinderford Close (PO6 4BP), the main crime hotspot is near Marsden Road. Police recorded 55 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Paulsgrove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collington Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbury Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cinderford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Michaels Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Michaels Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Artillery Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leominster Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collington Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Marsden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsden Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cleeve Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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