Total Crime Rate
122.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
89.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wimpole Street area has the 30th lowest crime rate of 88 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 212th highest crime rate of 578 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 Wimpole Street (PO1 1QU) in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 89.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wimpole Street (PO1 1QU), the main crime hotspot is near Crown Street. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 44 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 | Drugs | Fratton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Garnier Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northam Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bridgeside Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holbrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Little Coburg Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Little Coburg Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Sargent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Somers Road North | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Bill Sargent Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bill Sargent Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bill Sargent Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Somers Road North | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Somers Road North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vivash Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fyning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fyning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wimpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wimpole Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wimpole Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wimpole Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vivash Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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