Total Crime Rate
681.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
275.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bevis Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 14th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bevis Road (PO2 8AT) in the last 12 months was 681.1 per 1,000 residents and was 159.7% higher than the Charles Dickens average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 275.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bevis Road (PO2 8AT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 204 crimes here, including 83 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Centaur Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Marks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Simpson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lower Derby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | Heathfield Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Bicycle theft | Heathfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Heathfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pitcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lomond Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grange Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Derby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Angerstein Road | — |
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