Crime Rates at Harleston Road, Portsmouth, PO6 3RR

Harleston Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Cosham , and the 281st 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 Harleston Road (PO6 3RR) in the last 12 months was 90.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.9% 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 49.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harleston Road (PO6 3RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meadowsweet Way, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norwich Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.