Total Crime Rate
246.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Coburg Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 81st highest crime rate of 578 local areas in Portsmouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Coburg Street (PO1 1JA) in the last 12 months was 246.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% lower than the Charles Dickens average (262.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 48 (≈ 134.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coburg Street (PO1 1JA), the main crime hotspot is near Cumberland Road. Police recorded 86 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Garnier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cumberland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Somers Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somers Road North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cumberland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cumberland Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cumberland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cumberland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cumberland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canal Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Sargent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Sargent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Sargent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bill Sargent Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bill Sargent Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somers Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vivash Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fyning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fyning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lucknow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wimpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wimpole Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wimpole Street | Under investigation |
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