Total Crime Rate
25.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chaucer Avenue area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 80th 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 Chaucer Avenue (PO6 4PJ) in the last 12 months was 25.7 per 1,000 residents and was 82.2% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 23.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chaucer Avenue (PO6 4PJ), the main crime hotspot is near Dryden Avenue. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cosham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Seaview Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seaview Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raymond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Browning Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Masefield Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dryden Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pamela Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raymond Road | Under investigation |
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