Total Crime Rate

246.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

134.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 246.5 10/10
  • Violent crimes 134.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 114.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 28.0 10/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.2 8/10
  • Other theft 8.4 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Fyning 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.

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Crime Over Time in Fyning Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Jacob'S Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northam Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Northam Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glidden Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Milford Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other crime Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Railway View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Australia Close
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Union Place
Apr 2026Drugs Hale Street North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wimpole Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Wimpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wimpole Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Wimpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Central Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Drummond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Drummond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bridgeside Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Little Coburg Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs King Albert Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Canal Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Street

Data Sources

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