Total Crime Rate
95.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brunel Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 43 local areas in Hilsea , and the 267th 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 Brunel Road (PO2 9NP) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.9% higher than the Hilsea average (92.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 49.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brunel Road (PO2 9NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Doyle Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Inhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | London Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ophir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ophir Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Haig Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | London Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northern Parade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Meredith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Doyle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Telford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inhurst Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyllie Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southwood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alex Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shadwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alex Way | Under investigation |
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