Crime Rates at New Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7QS

New Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Baffins , and the 159th 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 New Road (PO2 7QS) in the last 12 months was 160.5 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% higher 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 126.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Road (PO2 7QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pink Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.