Total Crime Rate

66.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 66.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Chichester 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.

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Crime Over Time in Chichester Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Seafield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copythorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tennyson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Percival Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bosham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Copythorn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coniston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seafield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Farlington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyndhurst Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddington Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Paddington Road
Sep 2025Public order Paddington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paddington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wallace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paulsgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carnarvon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Carnarvon Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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