Crime Rates at Lovett Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5EX

Lovett Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Baffins , and the 180th highest crime rate of 588 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 Lovett Road (PO3 5EX) in the last 12 months was 137.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% higher than the Baffins average (102.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 98.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -87.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lovett Road (PO3 5EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Devon Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.