Crime Rates at Colwell Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3HJ

Colwell Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cosham , and the 280th highest crime rate of 578 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 Colwell Road (PO6 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 91.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.5% lower than the Cosham average (139.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 30.8% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 53.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colwell Road (PO6 3HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aldroke Street, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fourth Avenue (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.