Total Crime Rate
96.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bosham Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Copnor , and the 263rd highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bosham Road (PO2 7LG) in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% higher than the Copnor average (95.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 6.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 57.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bosham Road (PO2 7LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stapleton Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belgravia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bosham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bedhampton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kendal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Northgate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Westbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallace Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stapleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stapleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Carnarvon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Seafield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Seafield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Seafield Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Seafield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tokio Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Seafield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seafield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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