Crime Rates at Colwell Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3HJ

Colwell Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 227th 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 Colwell Road (PO6 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 113.2 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% lower than the Cosham average (144.2 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 Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 84.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% 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 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cosham Interchange (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.