Total Crime Rate
262.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Allaway 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.
View Crime In Paulsgrove| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camcross Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woofferton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rydal Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Camcross Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woofferton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woofferton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woofferton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Austin Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rydal Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Austin Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dellfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Chalkpit Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalkpit Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dellfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Birdlip Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Chalkpit Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Allaway Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allaway Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chalkpit Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Elkstone Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bourne Road | Under investigation |
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