• Hidden Violence and Abuse

Hampshire Probation supervises more than 6,000 offenders each year.

Crime in Portsmouth has dropped by 20% in the last five years (2005-2010)

Portsmouth has the highest number of hospital admissions due to alcohol illness and injury in the south east

The average domestic abuse survivor will only report the crime after 35 incidents.

Over 700 alcohol test purchases were carred out in 2009/10

Over 3,300 pupils saw the Be Safe, Stay Safe roadshow in 2010

The community wardens responded to 3,776 calls in 2009/10

6,719 crimes were solved in 2009/10

98 families were supported by the Preventing Youth Offending Project in 2009/10. That's more than double than the previous year

742 people received effective drug treatment in 2009/10 - that's up 13%

There were 1,049 fewer ASB incidents in 2009/10 compared to the previous year

Youth crime has dropped 25% in five years (2005-2010)

Shoplifting is the most common reason a young person gets a criminal record in Portsmouth

Anxiety,depression and self-harm are often linked to alcohol

Crime fell by 9% in Portsmouth in 2009-2010

Domestic burglary fell by 10% in 2009-2010

Theft from a vehicle fell by 12% in 2009-2010

Theft of vehicles fell by 32% in 2009-2010

Criminal damage fell by 16% in 2009-2010

Violence against the person fell by 1% in 2009-2010

Arson fell by 10% in 2009-2010

The number of first time offenders under 18yrs of age dropped by 64% in 2009-2010

In 2009-2010, we helped 829 people who had suffrered domestic abuse

Violence

Everyone wants and expects to live in a safe area where they can feel able to live their daily lives without fear of crime.  Violence is a crime that has devastating effect on families and communities and so it's no wonder that assault is the third most pressing community safety concern of Portsmouth residents. 

In Portsmouth we classify violence into two catagories - violence and hidden violence .

Violence

A violent crime is where the suspect uses or threatens to use violent force upon the victim. This can include crimes in which the violent act is the objective, such as murder, as well as crimes where violence is the means to an end, such as robbery. Violent crimes can be committed with or without weapons.

Hidden Violence and Abuse

Hidden violence and abuse is a crime or behaviour where people who experience it are less likely to report it to the police or other helping agencies. This may be because of fear of repercussions, previous bad experience, not thinking it is worth it or a variety of other reasons.

Reassuringly we are doing a lot of work to reduce violence across the city.