Total Crime Rate

249.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 249.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 132.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.2 9/10
  • Public order 26.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.5 9/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Other crime 5.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lords Street area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 85th highest crime rate of 588 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 249.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.4% 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 45 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 Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 161.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 48.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lords Street (PO1 1QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Brownlow Close. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lords Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cornwallis Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Boarhunt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Murefield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Alexandra Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Landport Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Coburg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Landport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Landport Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences April Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westminster Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownlow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brownlow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Brownlow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brownlow Close
Sep 2025Burglary Wimpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wimpole Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Coburg Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Little Coburg Street

Data Sources

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