Portsmouth violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Portsmouth postcode area is 40.9 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, Portsmouth's rate is at 117% as of July 2025.Violent crime makes up 40.8% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 33.1k, and this number has increased by 1.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025.

Portsmouth postcode areacrime statisticEngland & Wales
40.9 annual crime rate per 1k workday people35.1
117% ratio of national crime rate100%
40.8% share of all crimes34.4%
33.1k crimes reported2.0M
1.6% annual change-0.5%

Portsmouth violent crime rate comparison map

Portsmouth violent crime rate comparison map

Portsmouth violent crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : 25. highest crime rate out of 99 postcode areas

Portsmouth violent crime rate rank

Portsmouth violent crime rate compared to other areas

The total number of "violent crime" is 33.1k, and this number has increased by 1.6% when compared year-over-year in the period of July 2024 - June 2025. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between July 2024 - June 2025 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.

+1.6% annual change, crime is increasing

33.1k crimes reported

Portsmouth violent crime rate compared to other areasCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Portsmouth violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2014 to June 2025.

Portsmouth violent crime volume

Portsmouth violent crime rate

Crime rate per 1000 workday people compared to the national crime rate by year.

Portsmouth violent crime rate

Portsmouth violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2020 till 2024.

Portsmouth violent crime seasonality

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