Crime Statistics for Landport, Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth, 2024

There were a total of 915 street level crime incidents in Landport in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Landport, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	393
Shoplifting	127
Anti Social Behaviour	76
Public Order	72
Other Theft	55
Criminal Damage Arson	54
Drugs	31
Vehicle Crime	29
Bicycle Theft	17
Other Crime	17
Possession Of Weapons	17
Theft From The Person	11
Burglary	10
Robbery	6
All Crime	915

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Landport. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Landport

We've taken the ten nearest places to Landport and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Landport has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Fratton (0.88 miles)	1112
Portsea Island (0.62 miles)	994
Portsmouth (0.62 miles)	994
Landport	915
Southsea (1.24 miles)	738
Baffins (1.24 miles)	652
Portsea (0.88 miles)	612
Copnor (1.39 miles)	500
Milton (1.76 miles)	409
Tipner (1.39 miles)	50

Where are the most violent places near Landport?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Landport and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Fratton	471
Portsea Island	426
Portsmouth	426
Landport	393
Baffins	303
Southsea	276
Copnor	238
Portsea	220
Milton	166
Tipner	19

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Landport?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Landport to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Landport compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Landport and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Landport is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Charles Dickens	92
2	St Jude	91
3	Town	90
4	Nelson	88
5	Fratton	87
6	St Thomas	83
7	Hilsea	70
8	Baffins	70
9	Central Southsea	65
10	Milton	59
11	Copnor	50

Which road in Landport has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Landport with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Gamble Road.