Robbery per Capita in Portsmouth
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Portsmouth residents.
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Portsmouth residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of robbery in Portsmouth is about 1 in 1,788.
Robbery costs the average Portsmouth resident about $18 per year.
Crime Grade's robbery map shows the safest places in Portsmouth in green. The most dangerous areas in Portsmouth are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The C- grade means the rate of robbery is slightly higher than the average US city. Portsmouth is in the 35th percentile for safety, meaning 65% of cities are safer and 35% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Portsmouth's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of robbery in Portsmouth is 0.5594 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Portsmouth generally consider the north part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of robbery in Portsmouth may be as high as 1 in 1,226 in the southwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 2,982 in the north part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more robbery occurs in the southwest parts of Portsmouth, OH: about 2 per year. The southeast part of Portsmouth has fewer cases of robbery with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the robbery rate in Portsmouth to the Ohio state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Portsmouth, OH: | 0.5594 |
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| Ohio: | 0.5110 |
| USA: | 0.6421 |
Considering only the robbery rate, Portsmouth is as safe as the Ohio state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Robbery is projected to cost the residents of Portsmouth about $373,863 in 2025, or roughly $18 per resident. This is part of Portsmouth's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Portsmouth, including every crime type and how Portsmouth compares to other cities.
Remember that robbery rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Portsmouth's crime maps on the Portsmouth overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
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F | C- | F | D | |
C- | A | C+ | B+ | |
D+ | A- | D | C+ | |
C- | B+ | C- | B | |
C- | B+ | C- | B | |
D- | C+ | D- | C- | |
D+ | C+ | D+ | C+ | |
C | A- | C | B+ | |
C+ | A- | B | C- | |
B- | B | B | B- |
Portsmouth is lower versus other cities of the same size for robbery. The table below compares robbery in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
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B+ | A | A | C+ | |
D+ | C | C | D+ | |
A- | B | B | A | |
B | B+ | B+ | B | |
B+ | C | C | C | |
D- | D+ | D+ | D+ | |
D- | D | D | C+ | |
F | F | F | F | |
B | B | B | A | |
C | C+ | C+ | B- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Portsmouth, OH average SchoolGrade of B-, with 42% actual proficiency versus 38% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See Portsmouth schools on SchoolGrade
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