Total Crime Rate
246.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
134.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fyning 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 Fyning Street (PO1 1JS) 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 Fyning Street (PO1 1JS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 136 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jacob'S Street (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Portsmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jacob'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northam Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northam Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glidden Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milford Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Turner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Australia Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hale Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimpole Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wimpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wimpole Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wimpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Drummond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Drummond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bridgeside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Coburg Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King Albert Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Canal Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Street | — |
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