Total Crime Rate
66.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Chichester Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Copnor , and the 242nd lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chichester Road (PO2 0AN) in the last 12 months was 66.3 per 1,000 residents and was 31.1% lower than the Copnor average (96.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 51.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chichester Road (PO2 0AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Paddington Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Copnor| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Seafield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Copythorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Percival Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bosham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Copythorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Seafield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Farlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paulsgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
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