Postcode · Portsmouth
Crime in PO2 0DT
How much crime is recorded in PO2 0DT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- North End East
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,522 (2024)
PO2 0DTPortsmouth
How safe is PO2 0DT
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 25.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the PO2 0DT area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
116
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
PO2 0DTNational
Shoplifting79.98.4
Violence and sexual offences17.723.6
Burglary5.19.1
Vehicle crime3.83.5
Public order3.24.6
Criminal damage and arson2.64.7
Anti-social behaviour2.110.7
Robbery1.91.4
Other theft1.44.5
Drugs1.22.4
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Other crime0.51.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 31% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.