Total Crime Rate
107.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tennyson 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.
View Crime In Baffins| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tennyson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedhampton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bedhampton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westbourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bosham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Northgate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Percival Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Bedhampton Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paulsgrove Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Aylesbury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Preston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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