Crime Rates at Browning Avenue, Portsmouth, PO6 4PE

Browning Avenue area has the 20th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Cosham , and the 193rd 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 Browning Avenue (PO6 4PE) in the last 12 months was 128.9 per 1,000 residents and was 10.6% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 103.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 144.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Browning Avenue (PO6 4PE), the main crime hotspot is near Dryden Avenue. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.