Crime Rate in Paulsgrove, ward

Paulsgrove has the 7th highest crime rate of 14 wards in Portsmouth district and the 1723rd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 213th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Paulsgrove in the last 12 months was 98.2 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% lower than the Portsmouth district average (125.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Paulsgrove’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 804 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 958 (≈ 65.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Paulsgrove ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Bourne Road, with 93 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Marsden Road (45 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.