Crime Rate in Baffins, ward

Baffins has the 6th highest crime rate of 14 wards in Portsmouth district and the 1687th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 204th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Baffins in the last 12 months was 102.2 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% lower than the Portsmouth district average (128.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Baffins’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 680 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 6 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 107.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -28.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 827 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Baffins ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Burrfields Road, with 171 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Warblington Place (105 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.