Crime Rates at Meyrick Road, Portsmouth, PO2 8JP

Meyrick Road area has the lowest crime rate of 18 local areas in Nelson , and the 17th lowest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meyrick Road (PO2 8JP) in the last 12 months was 7.8 per 1,000 residents and was 94.5% lower than the Nelson average (140.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meyrick Road (PO2 8JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Smeaton Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.