Crime Statistics for Baffins, Portsmouth, City of Portsmouth –, 2024

There were a total of 658 street level crime incidents in Baffins in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Baffins, 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	331
Public Order	53
Shoplifting	53
Criminal Damage Arson	50
Anti Social Behaviour	48
Other Theft	34
Vehicle Crime	23
Burglary	20
Drugs	20
Other Crime	10
Bicycle Theft	7
Possession Of Weapons	6
Robbery	2
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	658

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Baffins. 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 Baffins

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fratton (0.88 miles)	1058
Portsea Island (0.62 miles)	945
Portsmouth (0.62 miles)	945
Landport (1.24 miles)	873
Southsea (1.75 miles)	669
Baffins	658
Copnor (0.62 miles)	453
Milton (1.24 miles)	389
Highbury (1.86 miles)	212
Anchorage Park (1.39 miles)	121

Where are the most violent places near Baffins?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Fratton	469
Portsea Island	457
Portsmouth	457
Landport	410
Baffins	331
Southsea	257
Copnor	232
Milton	169
Highbury	98
Anchorage Park	55

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

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 Baffins 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 Baffins compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Baffins and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Baffins is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Charles Dickens	92
2	St Jude	91
3	Nelson	88
4	Fratton	87
5	St Thomas	83
6	Eastney and Craneswater	77
7	Hilsea	70
8	Baffins	70
9	Central Southsea	65
10	Milton	59
11	Copnor	50

Which road in Baffins has the highest level of crime?

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