Crime Rates at Washington Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7DU

Washington Road area has the 44th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 136th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Washington Road (PO2 7DU) in the last 12 months was 185.8 per 1,000 residents and was 33.2% lower than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 133.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Washington Road (PO2 7DU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 172 crimes here, including 90 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.