Crime Rates at Shelley Avenue, Portsmouth, PO6 4PN

Shelley Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 193rd highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Shelley Avenue (PO6 4PN) in the last 12 months was 128.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.6% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 103.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 144.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shelley Avenue (PO6 4PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Browning Avenue, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dryden Avenue (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.