Police recorded 11,038 violence and sexual offences offences in Portsmouth in the 12 months to June 2026, up 1.1% (119) on the previous 12 months. That is 52.2 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 211,475
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
Each year since 2011
Year to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
2,884 (partial)
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June 2012
4,984
24.2
2012
June 2013
2,069
10.0
2013
June 2014
2,286
11.1
2014
June 2015
3,634
17.5
2015
June 2016
4,639
22.1
2016
June 2017
6,762
32.1
2017
June 2018
9,731
46.1
2018
June 2019
9,711
46.2
2019
June 2020
10,015
47.9
2020
June 2021
10,687
51.6
2021
June 2022
13,231
63.1
2022
June 2023
12,092
56.5
2023
June 2024
10,914
51.3
2024
June 2025
10,919
51.6
2025
June 2026
11,038
52.2
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.
A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.