Total Crime Rate
538.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wymering Lane area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 28th highest crime rate of 588 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 Wymering Lane (PO6 3JX) in the last 12 months was 538.2 per 1,000 residents and was 273.4% higher 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 114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 146 (≈ 413.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wymering Lane (PO6 3JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tankerton Close, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mablethorpe Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cosham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hockley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Harwich Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wymering Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tankerton Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tankerton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Tankerton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hockley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braintree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harwich Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Fairfield Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Sixth Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mablethorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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