Crime Rates at Westbourne Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7LD

Westbourne Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Baffins , and the 186th highest crime rate of 588 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 Westbourne Road (PO2 7LD) in the last 12 months was 132.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.7% higher 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 92.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 132.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westbourne Road (PO2 7LD), 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.