Crime Rates at Byron Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7RZ

Byron Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 106 local areas in Baffins , and the 122nd lowest crime rate of 588 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 Byron Road (PO2 7RZ) in the last 12 months was 33.5 per 1,000 residents and was 67.2% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 21.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Byron Road (PO2 7RZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 81 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Westbourne Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.