Postcode · Portsmouth
Crime in PO2 8EP
How much crime is recorded in PO2 8EP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- North End West & Whale Island
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,672 (2024)
How safe is PO2 8EP
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 34.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the PO2 8EP area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
34.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
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 8EPNational
Violence and sexual offences26.123.6
Burglary8.29.1
Public order6.24.6
Vehicle crime5.33.5
Criminal damage and arson4.04.7
Anti-social behaviour3.310.7
Other theft2.04.5
Drugs1.52.4
Robbery1.11.4
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Other crime0.31.5
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Shoplifting0.08.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.