Total Crime Rate
545.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
236.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heathfield Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Copnor , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 578 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 Heathfield Road (PO2 8AG) in the last 12 months was 545.5 per 1,000 residents and was 473.4% higher than the Copnor average (95.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 236.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heathfield Road (PO2 8AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (92 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mills Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havant Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emsworth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pitcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Havant Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Basin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Basin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Basin Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Heathfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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