Crime Statistics for Portswood, Southampton, City of Southampton, 2024

Crime statistics for Portswood, Southampton

There were a total of 586 street level crime incidents in Portswood 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 Portswood, 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 Crime205
Vehicle Crime78
Anti Social Behaviour70
Public Order45
Other Theft45
Criminal Damage Arson41
Burglary30
Shoplifting22
Drugs19
Robbery7
Possession Of Weapons7
Other Crime7
Theft From The Person5
Bicycle Theft5
All Crime586

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 Portswood. 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 Portswood

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Highfield (0.62 miles)682
Portswood586
Peartree Green (1.86 miles)524
Bitterne Park (0.62 miles)410
Hampton Park (0.62 miles)386
Sholing Common (1.76 miles)378
Bitterne (1.39 miles)333
Townhill Park (1.24 miles)277
Bassett Green (1.39 miles)145
Bassett (1.75 miles)126

30.13%
of Portswood residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Portswood?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Highfield246
Portswood205
Peartree Green167
Sholing Common152
Bitterne Park144
Bitterne137
Hampton Park128
Townhill Park106
Bassett63
Bassett Green54

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

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 Portswood 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 Portswood compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Bevois92
2Harefield85
3Bargate83
4Shirley81
5Peartree80
6Swaythling78
7Bitterne Park72
8Portswood69
9West End South68
10Bassett56
11West End North44

Which road in Portswood has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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