Total Crime Rate

262.8 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 262.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 113.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.5 10/10
  • Public order 19.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 15.7 6/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Allaway Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Paulsgrove , and the 76th 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 Allaway Avenue (PO6 4JA) in the last 12 months was 262.8 per 1,000 residents and was 168.9% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 137.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Allaway Avenue (PO6 4JA), 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 Allaway Avenue area

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

Data Sources

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