Total Crime Rate

157.4 per 1,000 9/10 Β· Very High

All offences Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 157.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.6 8/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.8 5/10
  • Burglary 8.8 8/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Public order 5.8 5/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cottage View area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 158th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cottage View (PO1 1LU) in the last 12 months was 157.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% lower than the Charles Dickens average (278.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (β‰ˆ 90.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cottage View (PO1 1LU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 134 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cottage View area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Coburg Street β€”
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Drugs Cottage View Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Cottage View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottage View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Canal Walk Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greetham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences April Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Greetham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Landport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Milford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Omega Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Omega Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Milford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Milford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”

Data Sources

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