Crime Rates at The Hard, Portsmouth, PO1 3DS

The Hard area has the 5th highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 12th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Hard (PO1 3DS) in the last 12 months was 793.4 per 1,000 residents and was 185.2% higher than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 122 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 169 (≈ 311.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Hard (PO1 3DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 189 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ordnance Row (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.