Total Crime Rate
284.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
184.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lords Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 65th 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 Lords Street (PO1 1QJ) in the last 12 months was 284.5 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% higher 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 184.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lords Street (PO1 1QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Wingfield Street. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 54 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clifton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lords Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lords Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Watts Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Street | — |
| 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 | Turner Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bill Sargent Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hertford Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clifton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hale Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Sargent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bill Sargent Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Fratton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bill Sargent Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Tottenham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | King Albert Street | Local resolution |
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