Total Crime Rate

280.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · 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 280.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 38.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.2 9/10
  • Public order 24.9 10/10
  • Other theft 21.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Drugs 13.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 6.4 7/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 1.5 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

Dugald Drummond Street area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 89 local areas in Charles Dickens , and the 65th highest crime rate of 588 local areas in Portsmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dugald Drummond Street (PO1 2BB) in the last 12 months was 280.1 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% higher 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 278 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -60.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 367 (≈ 138.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dugald Drummond Street (PO1 2BB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 463 crimes here, including 187 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dugald Drummond Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Tyseley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckingham Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bedford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plymouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingswell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingswell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buckingham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Surrey Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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