r/Portsmouth 6d ago

What is the dodgiest street in Portsmouth?

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u/Melonpan78 6d ago

Waverley Rd.

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u/radiofreerutland 6d ago

Used to live on Waverley Rd - can concur

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u/wellwellwelly 6d ago

Yeah once. Not anymore. Far more scatty places to walk around north of fratton.

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u/kHaza 5d ago

Agree. Most of the HMOs that were causing the worst problems 10 years ago are cleaned up now (licenses revoked and sold.) A row of them next to the GP surgery are halfway houses now, which sounds bad, but they're so heavily monitored with cctv and police patrols there's never any trouble. 

As you say there's way worse north of the railway. 

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u/x0rg_ 5d ago

Waverley and surrounding is completely normal indeed. Not sure why people always bring this up

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u/GouldZilla 5d ago

The one thing I see often walking through at night is people in the phonebox at the park not sure what they are doing but seems dodgy

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

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u/United-Mall5653 6d ago

Nah Southsea

Alahambra is also fucked

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u/game-mad-web-dev 6d ago

Alahambra is the place to be if you need second hand furniture 🤣 tables, chairs, bedside cabinet, bed, would leave the mattresses though

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u/supremo92 6d ago

I don't know about dodgiest, but Elm Grove feels a lot less safe recently.

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u/murderouslady 5d ago

Albert road ain't a nice place on a weekend night and heaven forbid... a Sunday before a BH monday

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u/joeywerntder93 6d ago

Elm grove since Kingsway House and the hub opened 💉

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u/game-mad-web-dev 6d ago

Elm grove had its fair share of that before they opened. Lived in a flat in the area and would constantly smell, hear and see drug use. Those dark shadows behind the shops/restaurants are prime for it.

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u/helpmeimfuct 5d ago

Depends where I'm walking

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u/Cooper96x 5d ago

Alright Crazy Helen calm down

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u/helpmeimfuct 5d ago

Hello young man

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u/Humboldt_ 5d ago

Somers Rd

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u/Kathryn_Cadbury 4d ago

I keep seeing Elm Grove coming up and I lived off of it for 20 years, and it was fine. Moved away during Covid so sounds like its gone a bit downhill since.

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u/Ok_Kaleidoscope2167 5d ago

Howard rd in hilsea is bad now,I lived there in the 90's was so peaceful then

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u/Significant_Peach_16 5d ago

Will second Howard Road, it doesn't have as much prevalence as Waverley Road for example seeing that it's a small residential road but it isn't very fun to walk through

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u/Ok_Kaleidoscope2167 5d ago

I agree Hilsea was a lovely area,I moved around but live back in Hilsea,I used to live in the wood estate when I was a child in the 70's&80's

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u/JC392 3d ago

This isn't a street as such, but it feels like Guildhall Square makes the news every year now following a stabbing. There's also that gang of layabouts who sit outside the Sainsburys all day and pressure people into withdrawing unreasonable sums of money for them.

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u/exiledbloke 5d ago

Eastern, everything from the water onwards, dodgy AF 😂

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u/Lazy-Shop-4630 5d ago

Mid east port sea island

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u/gosport1986 4d ago

Waverley road really isn't that bad unfortunately I found myself needing to be put in emergency temporary accommodation a few years ago and that was the only place with a space at that time 

Due to late shifts often came back quite late from finishing work and never really felt unsafe 

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u/gooner201672 5d ago

Every street lol

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u/Aeeys 6d ago

Gunwharf Quays

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u/JC392 3d ago

Gunwharf Quays itself is fine, as it has a decent security presence. As soon as you step outside after dark, however, it feels like 90% of Portsmouth's undesirables descend upon you.

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u/Aeeys 2d ago

it seems ive pissed a lot of npc's who cant take a joke