Total Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Binsteed Road area has the 51st lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Baffins , and the 197th lowest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Binsteed Road (PO2 7PL) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% lower than the Baffins average (99.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Binsteed Road (PO2 7PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaulieu Road, where police recorded 189 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (62 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bettesworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bettesworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beaulieu Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Powerscourt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephens Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Stephens Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balliol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Belmore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmore Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belmore Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Powerscourt Road | Under investigation |
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