Total Crime Rate
19.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newbolt Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cosham , and the 56th lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newbolt Road (PO6 4NT) in the last 12 months was 19.7 per 1,000 residents and was 85.8% lower than the Cosham average (139.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newbolt Road (PO6 4NT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dryden Avenue, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingscote Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingscote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Browning Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Browning Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Masefield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coltsmead | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Edge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Edge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bude Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Pendennis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendennis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendennis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pendennis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dryden Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dryden Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dryden Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingscote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingscote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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