Wymering
Middle areaNorth Portsmouth. 6,589 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.0 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 100% of people in Wymering live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Wymering
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wymering at a rate of 209.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.7 per 1,000 people across Portsmouth.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 631 |
| Other crime | 277 |
| Shoplifting | 117 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 105 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 102 |
| Drug offences | 42 |
| Burglary | 37 |
| Vehicle crime | 36 |
| Robbery | 20 |
| Theft from the person | 13 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Wymering compares
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Is Wymering safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Wymering at a rate of 209.4 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 126.7 per 1,000 people across Portsmouth.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 119 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Wymering.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (631), other crime (277) and shoplifting (117).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Portsmouth
These figures are published for the whole of Portsmouth, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Portsmouth and not Wymering alone. See Portsmouth
Wymering in brief
The median price paid for a home in Wymering was £255,000 in 2025.
Wymering had 6,440 usual residents at the census.
About 100% of people in Wymering live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Wymering, 95.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.