Crime · Portsmouth

Reported crime in Portsmouth

Name: Portsmouth crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

27,444 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 121 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

27,444

Rate / 1,000

121

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	11,456	42%
Anti social behaviour	2,963	11%
Shoplifting	2,942	11%
Public order	2,166	8%
Criminal damage and arson	1,627	6%
Other theft	1,518	6%
Vehicle crime	1,305	5%
Drugs	1,001	4%
Burglary	602	2%
Possession of weapons	458	2%
Other crime	427	2%
Bicycle theft	414	2%
Robbery	390	1%
Theft from the person	175	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	1020	1611	895	908	844	795	832	786	900	819	1023	1023	11456
Anti social behaviour	338	177	248	255	209	186	207	180	274	277	334	278	2963
Shoplifting	220	137	254	227	287	271	290	224	224	267	288	253	2942
Public order	216	150	196	168	178	156	150	153	200	180	219	200	2166
Criminal damage and arson	166	68	133	178	127	131	115	126	125	159	161	138	1627
Other theft	155	68	129	125	123	123	105	131	162	131	124	142	1518
Vehicle crime	121	37	110	84	99	123	118	119	137	123	141	93	1305
Drugs	85	36	75	86	91	81	84	72	91	94	120	86	1001
Burglary	85	17	43	48	52	52	54	55	46	54	45	51	602
Possession of weapons	33	85	22	42	26	35	27	26	48	30	36	48	458
Other crime	42	12	54	33	33	29	32	40	43	39	36	34	427
Bicycle theft	50	42	44	44	30	20	28	25	31	24	36	40	414
Robbery	30	27	45	38	30	25	33	25	35	24	37	41	390
Theft from the person	18	11	20	20	9	16	12	13	17	17	10	12	175
Total	2579	2478	2268	2256	2138	2043	2087	1975	2333	2238	2610	2439	27444

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Portsmouth, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 226,839.