Crime Rate in Charles Dickens, ward

Charles Dickens has the highest crime rate of 14 wards in Portsmouth district and the 151st highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (South East), it has the 19th highest crime rate of 1,269 wards.

The overall crime rate in Charles Dickens in the last 12 months was 262.3 per 1,000 residents and was 109.5% higher than the Portsmouth district average (125.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Charles Dickens’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2,287 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 63 cases , up 1.6% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 24.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -7.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3,033 (≈ 134.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Charles Dickens ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 807 crimes here, including 339 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.