Total Crime Rate

107.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 107.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.2 9/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tennyson Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Baffins , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tennyson Road (PO2 7RY) in the last 12 months was 107.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 88.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tennyson Road (PO2 7RY), the main crime hotspot is near Westbourne Road. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tennyson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Tennyson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedhampton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedhampton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wallace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wallace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Carnarvon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bosham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Northgate Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northgate Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Northgate Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Percival Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bedhampton Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carnarvon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coniston Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paulsgrove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Aylesbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Preston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burleigh Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Burleigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Manor Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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