Crime Rates at Hempsted Road, Portsmouth, PO6 4AS

Hempsted Road area has the highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Paulsgrove , and the 13th highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hempsted Road (PO6 4AS) in the last 12 months was 707.8 per 1,000 residents and was 620.7% higher than the Paulsgrove average (98.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 74 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 77.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 106 (≈ 373.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hempsted Road (PO6 4AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bourne Road, where police recorded 93 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marsden Road (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.