Total Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

37.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.6 5/10
  • Violent crimes 37.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Binsteed 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.

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Crime Over Time in Binsteed Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bettesworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bettesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bettesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bettesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bettesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bettesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bettesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bettesworth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ernest Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ernest Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beaulieu Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winchester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Powerscourt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winchester Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Inverness Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Inverness Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Stephens Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Stephens Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Balliol Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belmore Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Belmore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Belmore Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Belmore Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Belmore Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Belmore Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Powerscourt Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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