Total Crime Rate

38.9 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 38.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.4 5/10
  • Other theft 8.3 7/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Connaught Lane area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 137th 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 Connaught Lane (PO6 4EW) in the last 12 months was 38.9 per 1,000 residents and was 73.0% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Connaught Lane (PO6 4EW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Browning Avenue, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dryden Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Connaught Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raymond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Browning Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pamela Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Truro Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Truro Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elgar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elgar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keats Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dryden Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rowland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raymond Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Masefield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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