Crime Rates at Manchester Road, Portsmouth, PO1 5EJ

Manchester Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Fratton , and the 266th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Manchester Road (PO1 5EJ) in the last 12 months was 74.5 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% lower than the Fratton average (93.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 42.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Manchester Road (PO1 5EJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dickinson Road, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fratton (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.