Crime Rate in Central Southsea, ward

Central Southsea has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 14 wards in Portsmouth district and the 2197th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 280th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Central Southsea in the last 12 months was 89.7 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% lower than the Portsmouth district average (128.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Central Southsea’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 502 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 8 cases , up 33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 122.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -14.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 644 (≈ 40.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Central Southsea ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 364 crimes here, including 118 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.