Postcode · Portsmouth
Crime in PO3 5UT
How much crime is recorded in PO3 5UT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Anchorage Park & Copnor
- Council
- Portsmouth
- Region
- South East
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,545 (2024)
PO3 5UTPortsmouth
How safe is PO3 5UT
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 35.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the PO3 5UT area, above 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
35.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
87
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).
PO3 5UTNational
Violence and sexual offences29.523.6
Drugs13.62.4
Public order12.64.6
Criminal damage and arson10.84.7
Anti-social behaviour5.810.7
Other crime3.41.5
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Possession of weapons2.80.9
Other theft2.64.5
Shoplifting2.28.4
Burglary0.99.1
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Robbery0.11.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 22% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
80
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.