Total Crime Rate
1472.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Crasswell Street area has the highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crasswell Street (PO1 1HT) in the last 12 months was 1472.1 per 1,000 residents and was 429.2% higher than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 103 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 232.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 125 (≈ 536.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crasswell Street (PO1 1HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 204 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jacob'S Street (92 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Charles Dickens| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cornwallis Crescent | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Omega Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Omega Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Buckingham Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lords Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lords Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | April Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Buckingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | North Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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