Total Crime Rate
25.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coleridge Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cosham , and the 74th lowest crime rate of 578 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 Coleridge Road (PO6 4PB) in the last 12 months was 25.7 per 1,000 residents and was 81.5% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coleridge Road (PO6 4PB), the main crime hotspot is near Kingscote Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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 | Chaucer 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 | Bude Close | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingscote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingscote Road | Under investigation |
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