Total Crime Rate

122.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

89.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 122.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 89.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.9 9/10
  • Public order 18.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.6 5/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Wimpole 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.

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Crime Over Time in Wimpole Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Fratton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Garnier Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Northam Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bridgeside Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holbrook Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Little Coburg Street
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Little Coburg Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bill Sargent Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Somers Road North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bill Sargent Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bill Sargent Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Bill Sargent Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Bill Sargent Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bill Sargent Crescent
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Somers Road North
Apr 2026Public order Somers Road North Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Vivash Road
Apr 2026Public order Fyning Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fyning Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wimpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Wimpole Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Wimpole Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wimpole Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vivash Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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