Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wallace Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Baffins , and the 291st lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wallace Road (PO2 7JZ) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% lower than the Baffins average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 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 (≈ 47.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wallace Road (PO2 7JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westbourne Road, where police recorded 33 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 Baffins| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Copythorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chichester Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedhampton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aylesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Paddington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Farlington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bedhampton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paddington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paulsgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Percival Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Copythorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wallington Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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