Crime Statistics for Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, 2024

There were a total of 49 street level crime incidents in Portchester 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 Portchester, 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	17
Shoplifting	8
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Other Theft	3
Burglary	3
Drugs	3
Public Order	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Other Crime	1
All Crime	49

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 Portchester. 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 Portchester

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Hardway (2.56 miles)	271
Cosham (3.1 miles)	250
Brockhurst (2.78 miles)	241
Wallington (1.96 miles)	164
Paulsgrove (1.39 miles)	146
Bridgemary (2.24 miles)	144
Tipner (1.76 miles)	56
Portchester	49
Southwick (1.96 miles)	9
Boarhunt (1.96 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Portchester?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Hardway	123
Brockhurst	108
Cosham	107
Bridgemary	61
Paulsgrove	58
Wallington	52
Tipner	27
Portchester	17
Southwick	1
Boarhunt	0

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

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 Portchester 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 Portchester compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Rowner and Holbrook	79
2	Paulsgrove	75
3	Bridgemary South	72
4	Forton	69
5	Peel Common	59
6	Bridgemary North	58
7	Elson	56
8	Hardway	53
9	Fareham East	51
10	Portchester East	38
11	Portchester West	18

Which road in Portchester has the highest level of crime?

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