Crime Rates at Portland Street, Southport, PR8 1LJ

Portland Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 99 local areas in Cambridge , and the 110th highest crime rate of 929 local areas in Sefton .

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 Portland Street (PR8 1LJ) in the last 12 months was 178.7 per 1,000 residents and was 140.5% higher than the Cambridge average (74.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 83.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Portland Street (PR8 1LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bus/Coach Station, where police recorded 127 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near West Street (78 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.