Total Crime Rate
171.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
97.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Inhurst Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hilsea , and the 140th highest crime rate of 578 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 Inhurst Road (PO2 0QL) in the last 12 months was 171.7 per 1,000 residents and was 86.3% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 52.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Inhurst Road (PO2 0QL), the main crime hotspot is near Oriel Road. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oriel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oriel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oriel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oriel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oriel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oriel Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thurbern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thurbern 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 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfour Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fearon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mayfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oriel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oriel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Oriel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ophir Road | Under investigation |
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