Crime Rates at Western Terrace, Portsmouth, PO2 8JX

Western Terrace area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Nelson , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 588 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 Western Terrace (PO2 8JX) in the last 12 months was 296.3 per 1,000 residents and was 111.3% higher than the Nelson average (140.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 860.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 222.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 104.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Western Terrace (PO2 8JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strode Road, where police recorded 47 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.