Total Crime Rate

37.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 37.0 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Birdlip Road area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Paulsgrove , and the 131st lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Birdlip Road (PO6 4EE) in the last 12 months was 37.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.1% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birdlip Road (PO6 4EE), the main crime hotspot is near Bourne Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Birdlip Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woofferton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Allaway Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elkstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elkstone Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woofferton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woofferton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woofferton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allaway Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Bourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalkpit Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Bourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Birdlip Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Bourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Bourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chalkpit Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Bourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chalkpit Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Chalkpit Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Austin Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camcross Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camcross Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nailsworth Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Austin Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Austin Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rydal Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydal Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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