Total Crime Rate
36.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beresford Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hilsea , and the 121st lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beresford Road (PO2 0NQ) in the last 12 months was 36.2 per 1,000 residents and was 60.7% lower than the Hilsea average (92.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beresford Road (PO2 0NQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Montague Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Montague Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Inhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Balfour Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Balfour Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurbern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fearon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stubbington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Stubbington Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Drayton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Drayton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thurbern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mayfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Connaught Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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