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

Crime statistics for Farlington, Portsmouth

There were a total of 39 street level crime incidents in Farlington in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Farlington, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime13
Vehicle Crime11
Anti Social Behaviour4
Public Order3
Other Theft2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Drugs2
Shoplifting1
Possession Of Weapons1
All Crime39

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Farlington

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Copnor (2.24 miles)501
Stockheath (2.24 miles)348
Cosham (1.24 miles)290
Highbury (1.39 miles)272
Drayton (0.62 miles)184
Brockhampton (1.96 miles)136
Anchorage Park (1.39 miles)115
Bedhampton (1.39 miles)99
Langstone (1.86 miles)74
Farlington39

7.03%
of Drayton and Farlington residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Farlington?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Copnor220
Stockheath142
Cosham124
Highbury108
Drayton82
Brockhampton58
Anchorage Park44
Bedhampton36
Langstone24
Farlington13

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

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 Farlington 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 Farlington compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Farlington and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Farlington have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Battins.

#WardScore
1Battins90
2Barncroft88
3Warren Park86
4Hilsea70
5Baffins70
6Bedhampton67
7Cosham61
8Stakes57
9Copnor50
10Purbrook40
11Drayton and Farlington28

Which road in Farlington has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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