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

There were a total of 669 street level crime incidents in Southsea in February 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 Southsea, 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	257
Shoplifting	79
Anti Social Behaviour	71
Public Order	62
Other Theft	55
Drugs	39
Criminal Damage Arson	34
Vehicle Crime	23
Possession Of Weapons	17
Burglary	16
Other Crime	5
Bicycle Theft	5
Theft From The Person	4
Robbery	2
All Crime	669

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 Southsea. 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 Southsea

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Fratton (0.88 miles)	1058
Portsea Island (1.39 miles)	945
Portsmouth (1.39 miles)	945
Landport (1.24 miles)	873
Southsea	669
Baffins (1.75 miles)	658
Portsea (0.88 miles)	543
Copnor (2.24 miles)	453
Milton (1.24 miles)	389
Alverstoke (2.53 miles)	98

Where are the most violent places near Southsea?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Southsea 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
Portsea	210
Milton	169
Alverstoke	38

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

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 Southsea 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 Southsea compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Southsea and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Southsea is ranked #2.

#	Ward	Score
1	Charles Dickens	92
2	St Jude	91
3	Town	90
4	Nelson	88
5	Fratton	87
6	St Thomas	83
7	Eastney and Craneswater	77
8	Central Southsea	65
9	Christchurch	63
10	Milton	59
11	Anglesey	37

Which road in Southsea has the highest level of crime?

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