Crime Rates at Playfair Road, Southsea, PO5 1EQ

Playfair Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 101st 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 Playfair Road (PO5 1EQ) in the last 12 months was 213.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% lower than the Charles Dickens average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 94.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Playfair Road (PO5 1EQ), the main crime hotspot is near Stafford Road. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.