Crime Rates at Stanley Road, Portsmouth, PO2 8EN

Stanley Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 17 local areas in Nelson , and the 265th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stanley Road (PO2 8EN) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% lower than the Nelson average (146.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 65.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stanley Road (PO2 8EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Marks Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smeaton Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.