Crime Rate in Cosham, ward

Cosham has the 5th highest crime rate of 14 wards in Portsmouth district and the 737th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 77th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Cosham in the last 12 months was 139.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% higher than the Portsmouth district average (125.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Cosham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 845 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 15 cases , up 15.4% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 18.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,075 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Cosham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Spur Road, with 207 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Cavell Drive (134 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.